nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
preservation; retainment; keeping
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
door; gate; opening; title page
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
worst-ever; history's worst
surveillance system; monitoring system
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
omen; sign; notice; indication
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
restoration; repair; mending
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)