remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
in the mountains; among the mountains
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing
madness; craziness; insanity
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
to keep secret; to conceal
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to use X as a selling point
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
unimportant details; inessentials
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
climbing to the summit; summiting
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to succeed; to bear fruit
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it