book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
at once; immediately; right now
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
we have a result!; game over!; match!
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
conditionally; with conditions attached
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
one day; (on) a certain day
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
technique; art; skill; move
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response