essential; important; crucial; vital; main
difficult to ...; hard to ...
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
precarious situation; precarious state
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
if it is the case that ...
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
ordinary citizen; the general public
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth