to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
paper tube; cardboard tube
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
handrail; railing; banister
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
courteous; decorous; polite
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
three; three years of age
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
training; drill; practice; discipline
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to refer to; to use as reference
conceptional drawing (of a building) at completion
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)