wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
just the other day; quite recently
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
cooperation; collaboration
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
routine work; everyday work
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
this and that; one thing and another
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
company president; manager; director
patriarch; head of a family
build-to-order manufacturing; BTO
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
succession; continuation; series; sequence
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)