to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
interruption; suspension; break
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
remote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
with a start; with a jump
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
ringlets (hairstyle); ringlet curls; sausage curls
brown; light brown; tawny
slanted eyes; upturned eyes; eyes that are turned up at the outer corners
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
eldest daughter; first-born daughter