power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
system failure; system crash
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
practicability; feasibility; operability; expected implementation
that's a different matter; that's a different story
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
cigarette end; cigarette butt
to tower over the surroundings
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
southwestern part; the southwest
lately; recently; these days
increase in production; production increase
very loud volume; megavolume
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
disturbance; riot; mayhem
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
destabilization; destabilisation
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess