power; motive power; three-phase electricity
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
rope; cord; policeman's rope
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
urgency; exigency; emergency
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
diversion; distraction; feint
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
small number; few; minority
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
suspicious-looking; fishy
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to have no chance (of succeeding)
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation