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(v.) drill, practice

(v.) give rise to, derive

(v.) demonstrate, show

(v./n.) deliver a speech; speech

(n.) at the moment, at present, now

(n.) pharynx | (v.) to swallow | (char.) to choke with sobs

(v.) test, check, examine | (char.) to produce the desired effect; desired or intended result

(v.) to grow bored or impatient, to be sick of

(v.) be weary of, be tired of

(adj.) bright-colored and beautiful, gorgeous

(n.) swallow

(n.) the yangko dance (a Chinese folkloric dance)

(v.) to raise; to throw up and scatter; to praise | (char.) Yang (another name for Yangzhou, city in Jiangsu Province)

(n.) solar calendar

(n.) poplar

(adj./n.) (medical) positive; (linguistics) masculine gender

(v.) brim over, permeated, steeped

(v.) feed, support

(v.) preserve one's health, keep in good health | (n.) (TCM) life nurturing

(v.) look up at

(v.) bring up, rear, nurture, foster

(v.) culture or breed (aquatics)

(n.) sample

(v.) invite to come | (char.) (lit.) solicit, seek; await the arrival of sb

(n.) monster

(n.) kiln; porcelain baked in a famous kiln; coal pit; (dwelling) cave; (oral) brothel

(v.) sway, shake

(n.) cradle

(adj.) tottering, on the verge of collapse

(n.) (in Chinese medicine) medicinal materials, crude drugs

(n.) prescription

(n.) vital part, crucial point, vulnerability

(adj.) important, urgent; serious, critical

(n.) main point, essential

(adj.) (sb.) to be anxious to excel, to be eager to outdo others

(n.) coconut

(n./v.) picnic; to have a picnic

(n.) beast, wild animal

(n.) night shift, night duty

(n.) achievement, accomplishment, sales