to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
intelligence gathering; information gathering
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
interior; inside; internal
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
place; situation; position; location
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
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
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to be conspicuous; to stand out
reason; cause; circumstances
covert action; covert operations
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
in that way; thus; so; so?
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
while; even though; despite
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study