ten; 10; ten years of age
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
massing (of troops); gathering
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
emotional strength; force of will
to shave off; to scrape off
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to scatter away; to vanish
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to make an appearance; to show up
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
weight; heavyweight boxer
to squash; to crush; to flatten
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless