irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
nature; property; disposition
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
leaving everything up to someone else
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to triumph; to be elated with success
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to forget completely; to leave behind
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to rock; to shake; to swing
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
thousands; several thousand
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
supply; provision; raising; procurement
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means