matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
(United States of) America; USA; US
government; administration
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
research division; inquiry section
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
headquarters; head office; main office
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
those (near the second person)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
of course; certainly; naturally
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
such; this sort of; like this
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK