HSK 7–9 — Advanced Levels of the New HSK 3.0 (page 58)

(n./adj.) peak, apex; number one, top (figures in a certain field)

(n.) nail | (v.) follow somebody closely, to urge | (v.) to nail; to sew on (button, etc.)

(v.) to order (goods), to purchase by order, to place an order (for sth.)

(n.) down payment, advance payment

(v.) settle down

(v.) conclude (treaty, contract, agreement, etc.)

(n.) final conclusion, accepted argument

(n.) law (science), rule (natural)

(adj.) directional, of a fixed direction

(idiom.) medication that soothes one's nerves -- something capable of setting someone's mind at ease

(v./n.) subscribe, subscription

(v.) have something made to order

(v.) lose face

(v.) discard, abandon, put aside

(phr.) hustle about, go here and there

(sep-v.) be intelligent, sensible, thoughtful

(n.) Director, Trustee (of a company)

(n.) board of directors

(adv.) easily, frequently, at every move, at the drop of a hat, on every occasion

(n./adj.) vividness, lifelikeness; dynamic, energetic

(sep-v.) start (construction) work

(n.) ridgepole, ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; pillar (of state)

(v.) budge, move

(n.) trend, tendency

(n.) cave

(v.) waver, shake, be indecisive

(v.) to use, draw on

(v.) hawk, peddle, sell

(v.) shake, tremble | (v.) jerk, flick; rouse, stir up; expose; (sarcastic) be complacent, be cocky

(char.) steep; (lit.) suddenly, abruptly

(v.) fight; make animals fight (as a game); contest with; come close together | (m./n.) unit for measuring grain; (ancient) grain container, wine vessel; (astronomy) Big Dipper; object shaped like a cup or dipper; whorls of a fingerprint | (radical.) dipper

(v.) stay, stop

(n.) the will to fight, morale

(n.) bean

(adj./adv.) selfish, intolerant; lone, solitary; by oneself; only, unique

(adj.) exclusive

(adj.) single, unmarried

(n.) reading material

(idiom.) unique and unmatched; unrivaled

(v.) gamble, bet