invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics); calling
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to be a quick worker; to be fast in forming relationships with women; to be quick to resort to violence
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
well known; well connected
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
older sister; elder sister
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
intelligence or information network
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
to make sure of the truth
to give directions; to issue instructions
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
decisive; resolute; drastic
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
long ago; already; a long time ago
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
force reduction; troop reduction
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give