swiftness of foot; fast runner; person of great talent; gifted person
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
reduction by half; halving
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
alone; by oneself; on one's own
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
holding a position of responsibility
at first; in the beginning; originally
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
sense of caution; wariness
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to stick it out (until the end)
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed