strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
accumulation; accumulate; store
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
soon; shortly; before long
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
putting into operation; invocation
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
scale; scope; plan; structure
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
planned; scheduled; systematic
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
biological older sister; real elder sister
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
to thrust away; to send flying
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason