ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
minimum; at the very least
occurrence; taking place; happening
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
blitzkrieg; lightning war
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
application; request; petition
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
bad news; news of a death; death notice
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
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)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
in order; in turn; one by one
in succession; one by one
flying column; detached force
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard