deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
intensification; aggravation
final; eventual; ultimate
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to be replaced with new growth
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
February; second month of the lunar calendar
messenger; envoy; emissary
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
drawing; sketch; outline; summary; synopsis
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
(arch.) red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); deer
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to sew up; to sew together
arch of the foot; plantar arch
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward