encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
plainly; clearly; vividly
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
number of persons; personnel
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
how long; how much; to what extent
third (base, baseman, gear)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
diving; submerging; going underwater
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
to carry around; to carry on one's person
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
all (there is); as long as there is
Island; insula; island; islet
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
human; human-like; as a person
like this; this sort; this way
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
underestimation; undervaluation
trusting too much; overestimating ability
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
operation; functioning; running