to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
before the gate; in front of the gate
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
difficult to ...; hard to ...
nest; hive; hideout; refuge; nesting (software, data structures)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
wounded person; injured person
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
many; much; plenty; hardly
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
these guys; these fellows
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school