reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
expression; look; countenance; face
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
(philosophical) holism; wholism
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
doing whatever one pleases
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to follow another's example
to sniff out; to get wind of
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
Chinese prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum); Sichuan pepper (spice); Szechuan peppercorn
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
to amuse oneself; to make merry