honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
about when; about what time; how soon
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
I told you so; you see that?
to feel oneself indebted to
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games
celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation
depending on; dependent on
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
unique; peculiar; singular
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible