inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to pry; to prize; to prise
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
to shout (in anger); to yell
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
perfection; completeness; wholeness; soundness; intactness
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
site; point on a map; spot
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
sphere; counter for balls