more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
how many months?; how long?
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
being too late; losing one's final chance
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
pointing out; identification
raging fire; conflagration
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
negotiations; discussions; connection
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)