admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
unexpected result; upset; surprise
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
news; word; tidings; omen
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
respect and affection; love and respect
to cease; to stop; to be over
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
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