advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
soldier; warrior; person of courage; strong person; very capable person
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
support; backing; aid; assistance
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to talk; to chat; to chatter
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
mental; spiritual; emotional
instability; insecurity; crankiness
probability; likelihood; chances
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to keep standing; to stand motionless
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)