tattling; telling on (someone)
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
out of bounds; beyond the pale
head of a sleeping person
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
to prevent; to take precautions
to give an important position
northern part; the north (of a region)
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
Laval (France); Ravar (Iran)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
preparatory phase; preparatory period
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period