high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
go that far; to that extent
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity