to be responsive; to show immediate results
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
great war; great battle; world war
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
foreign enemy; outside invader
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
in history; ever; historical
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
war; fighting; fierce competition
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
loveable; very likeable; like very much
race (of people); type of person
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp