urgent business; pressing need; imperative
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
interruption; interference; butting in
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
inferior position; inferior situation; disadvantage; subordination
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
general; popular; common; typical
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
ability; performance; efficiency
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
in terms of; from the point of view of
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
national border; provincial border
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
to force one's way; to push through
capitulation; surrender; treaty signed under coercion
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
conquest; domination; mastery