to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
January; first month of the lunar calendar
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
people; men and women; each person; everybody
honor; honour; credit; prestige
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
cooperation; collaboration
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
if so; in that case; in that situation
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
aptitude; aptness; suitability
any more; any further; any better; any longer
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
Leith; Leys; Raysse; Reiss
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
hereabouts; around there; that area
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)