thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
to collect information; to gather knowledge
terrible luck; very bad luck
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
research material; experimental material
informant; informer; contact; Information Provider
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
secretary (government); director; chief
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine