what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
war; battle; match; game; competition
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
originally; by nature; from the start
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
to become settled; to be fixed
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to recall; to remember; to recollect
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
sound of a gun; roar of cannon