cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
failure; mistake; blunder
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
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
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to move forward; to move on
to collapse into; to flop onto
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
accurate; correct; precise; exact
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
rather; better; instead; if anything
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
event; phenomenon; matter
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
second (unit of time); arc second
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
no matter how much time passes
that is to say; so that means
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace