after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
the other day; a few days ago
in name only; titular; nominal
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
third day of the month; three days
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
conviction; belief; confidence
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
letting (someone) die without helping
to cease; to stop; to be over
hateful; detestable; loathsome
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
irritation; annoyance; frustration
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position