to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
both hands; both arms; ten
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
great physical power; animal strength
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
in the future; another day; later
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
January; first month of the lunar calendar
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch