carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
entry into port; arriving in harbor
work-in-progress; working state
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
pair; two kinds; two ways
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
to fold up; to fold into layers
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
using together (jointly); used at the same time
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
heaps of corpses all around
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to become clear; to be made public
carrying out (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); taking out
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
period when one's voice changes; (age of) puberty
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
first meeting; first interview with
half and half; fifty-fifty