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(adj.) vast (of ocean), boundless

(n.) calamity, catastrophe, apocalypse

(adj.) eager to excel, keen to outdo others

(adj./v.) time-consuming; take a period of (amount of time)

(v.) take good care of

(n./v.) pit, stone, core; nucleus; to examine, to check | (n.) (spoken Chinese) pit, stone, core (of a fruit)

(pro.) (lit.) who, what, which, when, where; (rhetorical questions) why, how come | (n.) He (Chinese family name)

(v./n.) sing in chorus; chorus

(pro.) what kind, very

(n.) nuclear power station

(v.) to check

(v.) to reconcile, become reconciled, make up

(v.) to correspond to (one's wishes and demands)

(n.) water lily, lotus

(v.) add up to | (v.) consider, think over

(phr.) why bother

(n.) seedlings of cereal crops

(n.) nuclear power

(n.) riverside, river plain

(phr.) peaceful coexistence, coexist peacefully

(n.) Buddhist monk

(v.) to verify, to confirm

(n.) walnut

(n.) nuclear weapon

(n.) treaty, contract

(v.) be much more than

(adj.) joint venture

(n./v.) applause; cheer

(n.) congratulatory telegram, message of congratulations

(idiom.) (of a person) be like a crane standing among chickens, (fig.) be the best of the bunch

(adv.) shockingly, unexpectedly; terribly (angry)

(n.) congratulatory message, letter of congratulations

(n.) hacker

(nphr.) black horse; (figurative) dark horse, unexpected winner

(n.) blacklist, list of proscribed people

(adj.) horizontal, lateral, crosswise

(n.) star, fixed star

(v.) to roar, to rumble, to bombard; to drive off, to shoo away | (onomat.) bang, boom (loud sound of canon, fire...

(v.) dry over a fire, to cure (tea or tobacco leaves); to bake (cake or bread)

(v.) dry (at a fire or with hot air)