to assemble; to set up; to construct
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
on the occasion of; at the time of
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
aforementioned; above-mentioned
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
reason; logic; method; system; order
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
outsider; layman; amateur
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
had better ...; had better not ...
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
by myself; in person; by oneself
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to attempt; to test; to try out
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous