to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
question; inquiry; enquiry
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
protracted war; war of attrition
calm; composed; cool; quiet
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
protection against wind; Saposhnikovia divaricata (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine); Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
interference; intervention; meddling
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
all you have to do is; just; that's all
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
study; diligence; discount; reduction
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering