aptitude; aptness; suitability
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
recovery; rescue; recapture
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
opinion; point of view; visual point
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to kill by burning to death
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
go that far; to that extent
motherland; fatherland; native country
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
main cause; primary factor
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
whole nation; whole land; whole country
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence