to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
permission; approval; authorization; license
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
thorough; exhaustive; complete
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
matter of time; question of time
(small) stone; rock; pebble
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
remaining silent; keeping secret
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
special radio or television programme; television special
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter