robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
thought; consideration; thinking
item; something that one "just has to have"
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to need; to call for; to require
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
extermination; annihilation
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
many; numerous; various; large number of
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
rather; better; instead; if anything
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to lose sight of; to miss