most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
very interesting; of great interest
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence