heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
appearance; expression; manifestation
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
one's house; one's home; one's family
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
accountability; being held accountable
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
understood; I see; OK; present; here
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to raise one's voice; to shout
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately