first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
at first; initially; in the beginning
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
flaring up; bursting into flames
insertion; incorporation; infixing
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to blaze; to burn brightly
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to well up; to burst; to arise
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
to give a round of applause; to applaud