timewise; temporal; chronal
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
that is to say; so that means
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
meaning; significance; sense
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
although I say; although one might say; although called
monolith; large slab of rock
each individual; each person
to differ; to vary; to disagree
interest; rights; concession
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
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
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
due form; official; formality
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up