originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
difficult to ...; hard to ...
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
manufacturing process; production manufacture
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
one end; an end; part; fragment
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
inspection; checking (goods, products)
overlooking; turning a blind eye
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
breath; breathing; tone; mood
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement
to straighten up; to sit upright
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
liaison group; liaison committee; liaison council
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
rejection; negation; voting down
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
bringing about; cause; provocation
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark