main cause; primary factor
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
setting sail; departure (from a port)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
rhyme; lime (tree, fruit) (Citrus aurantifolia); lime (mineral)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to be able to manage somehow or another
in this way; along these lines; similarly
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
body; group; party; company; troupe
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out