6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
disregarding strategy and using brute force
interior; inside; internal
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to face on; to look out on to
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
other than; excluding; without
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
flying column; detached force
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to need; to call for; to require
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
be (that) as it may; having said that
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home