to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; GATT
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
inter-scholastic athletics competition
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
adds force or indicates command
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
special training; intensive training; crash course
to rank next to; to come after
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
already; now; no longer; not any more