to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
return; arriving home; conclusion; reduction
moving; touching; stirring
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
treatment (of a person); dealing with
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to smile (at); to grin (at)
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
don't worry about it; forget about it
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
second person; second-person address term (e.g. pronoun, personal name, kinship term, title); form of address used for the second person
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
even though; despite; when
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
detention; custody; confinement; internment
as expected; as predicted
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes