cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
moment; brief space of time
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
sea of fire; sea of flame
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
and then; and so; and; so then
to watch over; to watch attentively
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
Chinese book; Chinese classics
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...