to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
duty; obligation; responsibility
sense of duty (obligation)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
welcome!; nice to see you!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
of course; certainly; naturally
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over