status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
to give directions; to issue instructions
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
ten; 10; ten years of age
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
though; notwithstanding; although
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to jump up and down; to hop
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
interference; intervention; meddling
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
indirection; indirectness
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
invisibly; secretly; privately