by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to join forces; to cooperate
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
already; now; no longer; not any more
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to shake; to sway; to waver
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
factory; plant; mill; workshop
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
originally; by nature; from the start
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
entry into port; arriving in harbor
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind