gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
silence (not speaking); muteness
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to lay aside; to set aside
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
grand coalition; grand alliance
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
great commander; famous commander
to come back; to bloom a second time
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
unseasonable; out of season
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)