impossible; unlikely; improbable
adds force or indicates command
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
prime minister; premier; chancellor
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
if it is the case that ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
myself; yourself; I; me; you
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
meaning; significance; sense
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to have meaning; to be meaningful
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence