to step on; to trample down; to tread on
bill (at a restaurant); check
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
appearing together; co-acting; co-starring
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
but; however; provided that
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
participants; participating athletes
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
twice; again; second time
such; this sort of; like this
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate