setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to unfold; to unroll; to open
scene; spectacle; sight; view
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
one's possessions; ownership
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
originally; by nature; from the start
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to accept; to receive; to agree
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
not yet known; unknown; strange
scale; scope; plan; structure
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
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
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout