to move forward; to move on
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to have meaning; to be meaningful
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
impossible; unlikely; improbable
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
ability; performance; efficiency
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
interference; intervention; meddling
only; merely; but; no more than
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to be too numerous; to be too much
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to be entwined; to be involved
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
at the last moment; this late in the game
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)