road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
our country; our land; one's own country
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
small number; few; minority
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
that day; the very same day
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
relation; connection; relevance
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect