selection; choice; option
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
entrance; admission; entering
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
insecticide; insect repellent
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
half a point (esp. in go)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
expressing one's mind; speaking out
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)