to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
in accordance with plans; just as planned
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
along the road; at the side of the road
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
very young; little; childish; immature
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to show up; to appear; to turn up
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to crouch; to squat; to cower
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to approach; to draw near
murder; homicide; manslaughter
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
scoundrel; rascal; villain
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
good performance; good work; great success
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life