lateness; tardiness; arriving late
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
in the mountains; among the mountains
departure; leaving; setting off
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
name; given name; first name
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
six; sixth (interval, chord)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
and; thereupon; because of that
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage