grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
personal accessories (ornaments, adornments)
function; facility; faculty; feature
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
line; queue; procession; matrix
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to be conspicuous; to attract public attention
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
view; vista; panorama; outlook; prospect
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
flying bird; soaring bird
complicated and mysterious
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
abstruse; occult; mysterious
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
area; region; district; locality
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
for a while; for some time; for a period
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
(beautiful) scenery; natural beauty
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
in person; personally; (do) oneself