concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
spouse; wife; husband; partner
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
does not; can not; will not
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
odds and ends; all; every
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
granted that; even if; even though