machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
correction; looking over; touching up
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
on the sea; surface of the sea
natural (physical) environment
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
point of an argument; drift of an argument
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry