check; restraint; oppression; repression
river management; river improvement; flood control
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
odds and ends; all; every
process; course; mechanism
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
more than usual (usu. time)
considerably; greatly; a lot
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
English name (for a country, etc.); English-derived nickname (used by someone with a non-Western personal name); Western name
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
godparent; namer; first person to give something its name
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria