to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
draw; tie; quits; even; square
cyborg; cybernetic organism
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
private affairs; personal matter
remote control; remote operation
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
enemy territory; hostile place
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to hold fast; to protect to the end
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
all (there is); as long as there is
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore