otherwise; or else; if not
whole nation; whole land; whole country
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
literally; to the letter; literal
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
body and soul; mind and body
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
when it becomes; when it comes to
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
violent emotion; passion; fury