selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
valuable article; valuables
to accept; to receive; to agree
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
(made of) stone; stone-built
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
pale; pallid; bluish-white
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
inspection; examination; survey
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying