to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
prevention; precaution; protection against
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
every place; various places
being dotted with; being scattered
those (near the second person)
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
cannot be compared with; no match for
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
this is why; this means; it is the case that
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to collect; to assemble; to gather
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...