guard; sentinel; garrison
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
appearance; figure; shape; form
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
later on; eventually; afterwards
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
story; tale; talk; discussion
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
mean bastard; sneak; heel; despicable person
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice