adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
how long; how far; how much
10th day of the month; ten days
this; our; right; justice; checking account
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
finish; completion; the end
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
when it becomes; when it comes to
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to order; to command; to appoint
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to turn one's thoughts to; to pay attention to; to give heed to
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear