occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to behave well (of a child)
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
concussion (of the brain)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
only; merely; but; no more than
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to be relieved; to feel relieved
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
thicket; coppice; brushwood
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
fixed interval; fixed period
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines