there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to cease; to stop; to be over
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic
how many people; a number of people
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to like; to love; to be fond of
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
storehouse; warehouse; godown
binoculars; field glasses
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
group; party; team; squad; section
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
book; volume; this; present; main; head
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
rain and wind; driving rain
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way