reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
pleased to make your acquaintance
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
memory; sense; experience
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to overcome (a difficulty)
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
mysterious fish; strange fish
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
judgment; judgement; discernment
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion