why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such; like that; that sort of; very
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
supreme ruler; generalissimo; president (of Taiwan); führer; fuehrer
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to rally; to make a comeback
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that is to say; so that means
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style