taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
at least; at most; (even) just
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to torment; to torture; to harass
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
I've got to be going; I must go
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to make a fool of someone
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
one large ...; a great ...
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
those (near the second person)
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
comparatively; relatively
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling