novel; original; new; innovative
that's a different matter; that's a different story
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
in good health; alive and well; going strong
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
site; point on a map; spot
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
early detection (of an illness)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to take command; to give direction
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to peel off and fall; to flake away
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
foreign; abroad; overseas
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
funny story; funny anecdote