anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
to be about to get on (a train, bus, etc.); to be about to board; to start (doing); to begin; to get on top of; to lean over
column of water; water column
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
abandoned city; deserted city
to enjoy a good drink (esp. celebrating victory)
important cultural property; important cultural asset
to pause; to have a short intermission
inn town; post town; post-station town
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
green tract of land; green space
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner
just the other day; quite recently
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
unconfirmed; indeterminate; undetermined; uncertain; undecided; unsettled
reason for being; raison d'être
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
road; load; loading (a program or data into memory); Lord; Lord (title of members of the British nobility)
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
rewriting (e.g. of a book); renewal (of a license, bond, etc.); transfer (of ownership); putting (something) in another's name
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much