to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
mirror surface; lens surface
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
simple honesty; tactless frankness
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
just above; right overhead
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to crack; to develop a crack
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
contradiction; inconsistency
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
other side; opposite side; other party
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff