to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
strangulation; strangling
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
tessellated; grid-shaped; grid-like
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
noise cancelling (in headphones)
the real criminal; true culprit
fashion sense; sense of fashion
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
disagreeable; unpleasant; off-putting; disconcerting
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
abusive language; violent language; wild words
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth