leadership; initiative; spearhead
periodic; regular; routine
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to collect; to assemble; to gather
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to be on the right track; to be doing well; to be looking good; to be coming along nicely
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
person of doubtful origin
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to turn against; to become an enemy
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
right (to do something); authority; power
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
every person; each one; everybody
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
that is to say; so that means
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to find out; to discover; to locate
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to forget completely; to leave behind
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
at this stage; at this point; (only) now