vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to dispose of; to sell off
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
index finger; forefinger; second toe
contract; compact; agreement
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
these guys; these fellows
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into