with the exception of; excepting; excluding
impossible; unlikely; improbable
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
copycat criminal; copycat crime
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
way (of doing); manner; method; means
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
son of a bitch; piece of shit
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock