retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
(police) detective; criminal matter
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
in the end; at the end of the day
beginning; outset; first; onset
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
hips; buttocks; backside; hip; trendy; cool
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
innumerable; countless; numberless
successively; one after another
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
probability; likelihood; chances
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
deep meditation; mature consideration
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
being lost in deep thought
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to ask; to enquire; to query
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly