spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
blazing heat; scorching sun
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
100,000,000; one hundred million
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
live-action film; movie produced without using animation; real-life film
flat cap; cloth cap; newsboy cap; (hunting) cap
movie set; filming location
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range
mature woman; middle-aged woman
appointment; assignment; promotion
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
movie camera; motion picture camera; cinecamera
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look