to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
returning tit for tat; retaliating
in that manner; like that
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to speak; to hear a voice
understood; I see; OK; present; here
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
good feeling; feeling good
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
riskiness; (level of) danger
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
world; society; people; the public
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to behave well (of a child)
turmoil; chaos; confusion
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
place; situation; position; location
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another