1 early

2 prior

3 former

4 in advance

5 first

1 to (a place)

2 until (a time)

3 up to

4 to go

5 to arrive

6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

1 to obtain

2 to get

3 to gain

4 to catch (a disease)

5 proper

6 suitable

7 proud

8 contented

9 to allow

10 to permit

11 ready

12 finished

1 to get

2 to obtain

3 to receive

1 to obtain

2 to receive

3 to get

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)

2 fig. to stick to one's ways

3 to cling to one's course

1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone

1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done

2 success at a stroke

3 to get results overnight

1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)

2 unfit for a public role