medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
faster-than-light speed; super luminal speed
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
in a day; in a brief space of time
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
hard to reach place; remote place
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
source of funds; source of money
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
region; limits; stage; level
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
end; close; conclusion; termination