hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
frame-by-frame playback; frame advance; frame-by-frame advance; film drive (camera)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
difference; variation; difference
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to jar; to creak; to grate
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
single word; a few words; brief comment