potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
war; battle; match; game; competition
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
preference; priority; precedence
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
war; fighting; fierce competition
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
both hands; both arms; ten
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
everything; anything; nothing
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unclassifiable; never dreamt of
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge