throw; throwing; throwing event
on the occasion of; at the time of
acquaintance; appreciative friend
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
oracle; revelation; divine message
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
to revere; to respect; to worship
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
penalty; sentence; punishment
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
charm; incantation; spell; curse
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on