to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
difference; discrepancy; variation
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
shoulder strap (on a dress)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
general public; the masses
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to do together; to share; to participate in
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
presentation techniques; way of showing something
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to catch the eye; to attract attention