to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
quotation; citation; reference
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
we have a result!; game over!; match!
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
business world; business circles; (the) industry
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
happy; cheerful; pleasant
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
description; describing; depicting
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
condition; situation; prospects
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea
installation (esp. software)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to blaze; to burn brightly
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate