ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
mountaineering club; mountain area
dark clouds; black clouds
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
southerly (wind); from the south
mountain chain; mountains
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit
to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
-less; lacking; non-existing
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
breathing techniques; breath control
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to stir well; to mix thoroughly; to interrupt (with a joke, sarcastic remark, etc.); to butt in (with a facetious comment); to make fun of (what someone says)
in the background; not standing out
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
upper part; upper region; region above
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
amplitude (of vibration); (degree of) instability; volatility; fluctuation
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
pulsation; pulsatory motion
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
red-banded sand wasp; deer