for this very reason; that is exactly why
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
subject (of study); course of study; department (of a university)
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
weather (conditions); disposition; temperament
agricultural technology; farming techniques
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
time; hour; period; class
patriarch; head of a family
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to be talented; to be able
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be