important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
speech; expression; wording; language
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
bygones; the past; past event
by myself; in person; by oneself
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
among these; between these; of these
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
condition; state of preservation
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
historic; historical; traditional
preface; introduction; preamble
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
minor surgery; minor operation
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)