according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
encounter; engagement; battle
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
totally willing; fully motivated
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
unidentifiable; unidentified
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
(with a) start; fright; alarm
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
older sister and younger brother
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to be enchanted; to be charmed
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)