to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
road maintenance; road improvement
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
(made of) stone; stone-built
to tower over the surroundings
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
return; relapse; recurrence
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
locker room; changing room; dressing room
file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
very; extremely; excessively
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
in accordance with; according to
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
internal organs; intestines; viscera
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
white sauce; béchamel sauce
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back