in the city; within the city
soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
(one's) grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
to form a group; to form a bunch
hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
both; both sides; both parties
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
different thing; another question; different case
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
general manager; GM; guided missile; genetically modified; GM
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
one cause; one reason; one factor
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat