present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
(conductor's) baton; beat; measure
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
influence; effect; impact
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
participation; joining; entry
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
serious wound; serious injury
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence