without; but if; otherwise; or else
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
sympathy; empathy; response
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
(one's) quota; assignment
business; trade; operations; sales
job; work; duties; trade; skill
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
ten; 10; ten years of age
based on; on the basis of
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
main cause; primary factor
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
school of one's (first, second) choice
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
reality; actuality; hard fact
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
imagination; supposition; guess