to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
knee dislocation; making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)
jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore
to arrest; to capture; to seize
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
sorry; excuse me; thank you
ill will; malice; evil intent
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
in the morning; during the morning
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
failure story; horror story
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
bona fide third party; bona fide third person
good person; virtuous person
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
without permission; without notice
mysterious thief; phantom thief
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of