to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
how can (one) do something
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
conviction; belief; confidence
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to breathe out; to exhale
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
motherland; fatherland; native country
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
district; section; sector
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
plural; multiple; several
strong nation; powerful country
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to be prolonged; to drag on
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
chief vassal; senior statesman
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in