to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
national border; provincial border
going into battle; departure for the front
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
killing time; staving off boredom
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
than; from; out of; except; but; more
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
fake; something false; sham; deception
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
in one's own way or style
to be conspicuous; to stand out
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
as far as the eye can see
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
in terms of; from the point of view of