errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
sympathy; compassion; pity
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to lose all customers (visitors, etc.)
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
doing whatever one pleases
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum