qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
odd couple; incongruous couple
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
emergency patient; emergency case
calming down; quieting down
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
to squeeze out; to wring out
atomic energy; nuclear power
hardening point; freezing point; congealing point
main cause; primary factor
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
dynamic lift; lifting power
standard value; reference value; nominal value
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen