authenticity; credibility
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
convenient; expedient; makeshift
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
root; source; origin; cause
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
our country; our land; one's own country
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
level; standard; water level
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
death rate; mortality rate
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to stick it out (until the end)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
traitor (to one's country); quisling
objection; dissent; protest
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
acquaintance; appreciative friend
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
non-recoverable; unrecoverable; irreparable; irreversible; irretrievable
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
to leap back; to jump back