daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
roller coaster; coaster (small mat for drinks); coaster brake
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
common reed (Phragmites australis)
un-; non-; negative prefix
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
meeting hall; assembly hall
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
both sides; two sides; double-sided
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
simply; merely; only; solely
roller coaster; big dipper
cave; cavern; den; grotto
third stage; three stages
great speed; recklessly fast speed
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly