fuel consumption; gas mileage
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
estimation; criticism; comment
rate of increase (e.g. prices); rate of climb (e.g. aircraft)
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
to lie down; to throw oneself down
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
unnatural or untimely (death)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to stick it out (until the end)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to be worn down; to be reduced
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to cover fully; to wrap around
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
most part; greater part; majority
damp; moist (negative nuance)
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending