truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
that's the way it is; such is life
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
tool; implement; means; furniture
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to have a relationship; to have relations
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to make merry; to be festive
very young; little; childish; immature
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
marital relationship; marital relations
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)