the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
that is to say; so that means
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
height (of a person); stature
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
thinnish; somewhat narrow
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
point spread; point difference
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
trivial; not amounting to much
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
private affairs; personal matter
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
to await; to wait for; to expect
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)