staff member; employee; worker; personnel
spinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid; brains; intelligence
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to sink (into); to get depressed
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
rottenness; decay; corruption
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
with a creak; with a squeak; (packing) tightly; with a squeeze; relentlessly (criticize, complain, etc.); severely
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to