few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
wherein; therein; thereinto
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
military forces; hosts; troops
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to gather; to collect; to assemble
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
fake; something false; sham; deception
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
members; member; constituent
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability