engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to look down on; to condescend
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
everything; anything; nothing
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
fall; drop; descent; coming down
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
failure; mistake; blunder
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
staying in the air; remaining airborne
use; utilization; utilisation; application
gliding (through the air)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
dynamic lift; lifting power
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
war; battle; match; game; competition
yearly payment; annual payment; paying in yearly instalments
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
rising; ascending; climbing
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
in succession; one by one