technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
race (of people); type of person
to accept; to receive; to agree
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
war; fighting; fierce competition
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
correspondence; exchange of letters
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
great hurry; great haste; rush
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)