to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
last line of a poem; finally
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to pass (of time); to elapse
smuggling (people); stowing away
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
that's the way it is; such is life
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
prohibition; inhibition; ban
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
standing (committee); permanent (exhibit)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
entry into port; arriving in harbor
difficult to ...; hard to ...
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
control; management (e.g. of a business)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances