to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
personal feelings; self-interest
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
obliteration; annihilation
two equal parts; exactly two parts
cutting in line; queue jumping
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
separate; scattered; apart
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to compose; to put together
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
treatment; service; handling; management
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people