cold district; northern district
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
one machine; one aircraft; one life
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
number one; first; best; most; game; round
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
don't you think?; indicates question
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
such; like that; that sort of; very
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
adds force or indicates command
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
had better ...; had better not ...
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...