center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
had better ...; had better not ...
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
how many people; a number of people
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another