reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
installation; setting; fitting; mounting
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
to be born; to come into the world
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to quicken one's pace (steps)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
how can (one) do something
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to approach; to draw near
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit