to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
point of reference; reference point
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)
to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
crude wood (i.e. with many knots)
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition
election; selection; choice
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
cattle droving; drover; cowpoke; running of the bulls; encierro
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos