to cover fully; to wrap around
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
how long; how far; how much
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
irony; rhetorical question
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
very much; very many; more and more
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
this (very thing); this precisely
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit