prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
such; like that; that sort of; very
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
two persons; two people; pair; couple
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
battlefield; battleground
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
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
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
script; screenplay; scenario
production (e.g. play); direction
original picture; key frame; key animation
alone; by oneself; on one's own
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
genuine article; real thing; real deal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
(some) more; even more; longer; further
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate