and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
long-awaited; much-awaited
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
participation; joining; entry; adherence
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
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
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
secret; private; surreptitious