closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
scarlet; crimson; cardinal red
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
supply; provision; raising; procurement
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
(dead) body; corpse; remains
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
deep-seated grudge; hatred
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
to finish; to end; to close
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
visions of glory; evanescent glory
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions