to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
what number (in a sequence); what rank
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
does not; can not; will not
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
one's own style; self-taught manner
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
good humour (humor); good mood
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
unidentified flying object; UFO
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour