ability; performance; efficiency
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
materials; data; document
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
beginning; outset; first; onset
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
second week's memorial services
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
by means of; due to; because of; according to
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
switching over to; migration; transition
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
forcibly; against one's will
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)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
adds force or indicates command
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die