but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
... years old; age (of) ...
command; lead; generalship; leadership
(great mental) resources; quick brain; resourcefulness; good wits
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
feeling; sense; impression
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
personal history; background; career
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire