to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to order; to command; to appoint
notice; attention; observation
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
accurate; correct; precise; exact
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
impossible; unlikely; improbable
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
cooperation; coordination; link