banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
high efficiency; high performance
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
blow; hit (on the body); beating
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
one's own problem; one's own issues
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
clearing one's throat; cough
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
repentance; confession; penitence
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to take back; to recapture
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to fire (a gun) ceaselessly; to fire away; to blaze away; to fire volley after volley
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening