to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
top of the head; crown of the head
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
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
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)