(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
political measures; policy
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
good; goodness; right; virtue
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction
edict; ordinance; proclamation
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to bring back; to restore
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
tendency; trend; inclination
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
originally; by nature; from the start
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
presence; sitting with; being with
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
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
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
monopoly system; government monopoly
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words