to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
madness; craziness; insanity
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
to fight to the bitter end
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
evil thought; malicious motive; spite
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
big frame; large figure; huge body
jumping about; rampancy; domination
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to call a person's attention (to)
archer; bowman; shooter; gunner
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be embarrassed for a reply
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
longed-for; anxiously awaited