to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
air hole; windhole; ventilator
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
forgetting; lapse of memory
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
gusher; spout; outpouring; effusion; torrent
to talk; to carry meaning
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
class; heading; group; category
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
large number (of); many; majority
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough