- to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort
- brainless
- lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
- almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
- bright; intelligent
- pants pocket
- to open up; to set up; to establish
- clumsy; botched
- Blair (name)
- to take root; to establish a base
- shameful; absolutely disgraceful!
- (linguistics) noun; term (name for a concept)
- adjective
- to persuade; to convince; to win (sb) over
- to determine; to resolve
- difficult; hard; hardship
- 通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- Sicily
- volcano
- Messina, Sicilian city
- strait; channel
- all things; all that exists
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
- Calabria, southernmost Italian province
- Homer's Odyssey
- 律 Lǜ: 律 Lu:4: surname Lü律 lǜ: 律 lu:4: law
- 狄 dí: 狄 di2: low ranking public official (old)狄 Dí: 狄 Di2: surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
- to vie against one another; to fight each other; mutual aggression
- supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- Liguria, northwest Italy
- the sun shines brightly (idiom)
- (long time) friend of the family
- (idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection
- precipice; overhanging cliff