casting; cast-metal object
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
roadshow (theatrical release)
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
succession; continuation; series; sequence
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to face on; to look out on to
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to blow off; to be blown off
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to lie down; to throw oneself down