great person; eminent figure
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
(computer) storage cell; storage element
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
outside world; physical world
base (military, expedition, etc.)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
every evening; every night
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
when; how soon; how long until
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
settlement; payment of account
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to search for; to seek for; to look for
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms