request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
complete stranger; total stranger
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
destination; place one stays during a trip
how; in what way; I wonder
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
if things go wrong; if the worst happens
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
contradiction; inconsistency
pointing out; identification
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
reason; logic; method; system; order