Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
middle of the night; dead of night
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
intelligence gathering; information gathering
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to collect; to assemble; to gather
practice; practising; experience
curse; spell; malediction
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
intelligence or information network
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
alone; by oneself; on one's own
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
this world; this life; world of the living
hidden treasure; treasured article
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
very interesting; of great interest
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
consequence; outcome; result; blame
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
anything and everything; just about everything
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
in this manner; in this way; like this