average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
5th day of the month; five days
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
one person; another name; nickname; alias
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
declaration of war; proclamation of war
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
speech; expression; wording; language
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
emigration and immigration
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
secrecy; highly classified information