to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
(someone else's) daughter
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to laugh away; to laugh off
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
long military service; having experienced many battles
commander; general; leader
war situation; progress of a battle
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
enemy's strength or fighting power
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to rearrange; to resequence
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
(present) head of a family
to escape from; to get out
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than