to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
the whole area; all areas
originally; by nature; from the start
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
massing (of troops); gathering
while; even though; despite
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start