same family (race, tribe)
insecticide; insect repellent
making efficient; optimization
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
ups and downs; up-and-down
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
spider's thread; spider silk
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
hometown; rural township (of China)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
it seems so; that's what it looks like
companion; fellow traveler (person who supports a group, movement, etc. without being a member); sympathizer
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
grotesque; disgusting; gross
to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
host; landlord; innkeeper
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to straighten up; to sit upright
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment