Min Chinese (language); Min
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
shoeshine; shoe polishing
wheat straw; barley straw
fierce fight; close contest
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
also known as; also called
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
flaring up; bursting into flames
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless