opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to become clear; to be made public
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
every person; each one; everybody
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
little by little; bit by bit
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
one's post; place of work; workplace
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
myself; yourself; I; me; you
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking