present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to bring; to take; to bring about
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence