middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
room for growth; potential; promise
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to get one's head around; to think about
every evening; night after night
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
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
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)
after staying up all night
hard education; hard training; Spartan education
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
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
transition (esp. in scientific contexts)
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
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
chorus; singing in a chorus