plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
indescribable; having no way to express
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
button (clothing); push-button
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
danger; peril; hazard; risk
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to be opposite; to face each other
to call again; to call someone back
to raise one's voice; to shout