to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
affidavit; deposition; testimony
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
official announcement; proclamation
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
self-consciousness; self-awareness
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
married woman; another's wife
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
it is I who should say so
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of