plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
strategy meeting; council of war
feeling keenly; fully realizing
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
beginning; clue; starting point
without cause; without reason
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
locker room; changing room; dressing room
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
looking pale; looking unwell
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to become pale; to turn pale
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
three; three years of age
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
odds and ends; all; every
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest