exactly as stated; verbatim
many; much; plenty; hardly
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
remarkable; striking; obvious
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
number two; mistress; concubine
addition; appendix; note; supplement
(not so) much; (not) very
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
gradual progress; steady advance
focal point; nodal point; node
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be conspicuous; to stand out
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
beforehand; in advance; previously
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all