to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
now; the present time; just now; another; more
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
strategist; tactician; schemer
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
such ... as; or some such
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
literal translation; direct translation
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...