top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
under; underexposure; underdevelopment; under par
presence (impressive quality)
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
urethral opening; urinary meatus
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
worldly affairs; public affairs
fully prepared; all ready
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
gold ore; gold deposit; gold mine
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to this extent; to this degree; this much
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
(one) could even say that
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
still; even now; to this day
to tear off; to strip; to rob
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet