waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
long time; long interval; for quite some time
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
class; heading; group; category
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to tower above; to stand out
narrow margin; slim margin
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
skill; dexterity; master hand
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to get someone to say; to make someone say