conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
suffix for familiar person
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
this and that; various things
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
boarding house; residence hall; dormitory
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
sympathy; compassion; pity
price; cost; value; worth; value
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
that's a different matter; that's a different story
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity