medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
at once; immediately; right now
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to work hard; to work diligently
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to turn against; to become an enemy
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
if you think about it; come to think of it
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
going through; going via; going by way of
information leak; intelligence leak
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
disclosure; exposure; revelation
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
good humour (humor); good mood
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)