going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
control; management (e.g. of a business)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
please (give me); please (do for me)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
that's the way it is; such is life
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon