retention; maintenance; preservation
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
fully prepared; all ready
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
even if not; even without
troubled face; worried expression
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to fall off; to tumble down
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
assault; violence; damaging (someone)
consideration; taking into account
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to be erected; to be built
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts