intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
decision; determination; resolution
close; intimate; on good terms
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
hating; strongly disliking
regret; repentance; remorse
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
mental; spiritual; emotional
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
display; (computer) display; monitor
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
calculation; counting; (dealing with) figures; cardinality
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
active; dynamic; energetic
to be at a loss for words
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt