preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
skill; dexterity; master hand
I see; that's right; indeed
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
already; now; no longer; not any more
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
very great; enormous; serious
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command