to be helpful; to be useful
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
in succession; one by one
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
at least; at most; (even) just
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to make an appeal; to urge
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
choices; alternatives; options
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
acquaintance; appreciative friend
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
just one person; only one
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
all you have to do is; just; that's all
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to hold fast; to protect to the end