to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
leaving (fleeing) the capital
general; popular; common; typical
as soon as possible; at the earliest time
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
the other day; a few days ago
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
gender; distinction of sex; sex
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
January; first month of the lunar calendar
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
a cut above; one step above
sincere; honest; faithful
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)