counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
stepping back; drawing back
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
that day; the very same day
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
how; in what way; I wonder
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to rise; to erect; to get up
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise