having said that; on the other hand
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
as a child; when one was a child
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
self-consciousness; self-awareness
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
reality; actuality; hard fact
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
older brother; elder brother
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
next term; next period; next version; next release
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)