surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
long ago; already; a long time ago
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to need; to demand; to take; to require
isolation; being alone; being friendless
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
position; location; base; point; site
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
but; however; provided that
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
grasp; catch; understanding
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be conspicuous; to stand out
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about