after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
seeing one off; farewell; escort
intensification; aggravation
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
softy; pushover; wishy-washy person
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
major incident; major happening; big scandal
long distance relationship
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
torture to death; torment to death
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines