to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
control; management; supervision
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
strength; power; proficiency; ability
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
Island; insula; island; islet
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
if you do this; if this is the case
arrangement; pact; agreement
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
smuggling; contraband trade
leading product; flagship product; top product
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
an issue being settled; a case being closed
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
Treaty of Tianjin (1858, 1871, 1885)
both armies; both teams; both sides
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
twice; again; second time
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty