how long; how far; how much
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
children's story; fairy tale
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
human intellect; knowledge
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
descendant; posterity; offspring
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)