bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
electric hot plate; hotplate; electric griddle
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on; leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
program (e.g. TV); programme
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
creation; generation; formation; derivation
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
someone; a certain person
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
environmental problem; environmental issue
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
attractiveness; charm; amiability
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
fatty pork (from cheek, neck or shoulder)