card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
skill; dexterity; master hand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
internal conditions; true state of affairs
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
at the last moment; this late in the game
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
for example; for instance; e.g.
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
incident; affair; happening; event
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
scanning (e.g. TV); traversal
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
later on; eventually; afterwards
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time