to encamp; to take up positions
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
flour; meal; powder; dust
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?