introduction; presentation; referral; listing
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
such; like that; that sort of; very
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
society; public; community; social studies
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
danger; peril; hazard; risk
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...