perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
time; season; period; phase; stage
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
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)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
unsettled; pending; unresolved
materials; data; document
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
stabbing to death; putting out
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)