top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to become dim; to become blurred
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.)
after staying up all night
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
to be helpful; to be useful
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)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
with a broad grin; smirking
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
transition (esp. in scientific contexts)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only