agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
does not; can not; will not
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
fireball; bolide; fireball
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to fire into; to shoot into
to fight against; to oppose; to face
slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; (lit.) constant dripping wears away a stone
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
to look around; to look towards (us)
to spend time (on doing something)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
steel; sword steel; sword
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)