time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
even if not; even without
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
negotiations; discussions; connection
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
one thin flat object; one sheet
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
old body; aged person; elderly person
orders; instructions; directive; command
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
that is to say; so that means
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
reason; cause; circumstances
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
when it becomes; when it comes to
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective