collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
commencing with; including
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
individualism; egoism; selfishness
sense of smell; olfaction
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to put into effect; to put into practice
to have orderly plans; to be systematic
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
very great; enormous; serious
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to become vulgar; to coarsen
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
any more; any further; any better; any longer
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of