- to let go of sth; to give up
- to support; to assist; to sponsor
- (old) to report to one's master
- allied nation; ally; confederation
- American dollar; US dollar
- reputation; fame
- since the beginning of history
- to have no right; to have no authority
- peer competition; to function as rivals; to make claims as an equal
- to collect money; to raise funds
- to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later; to decide behind closed doors; all cut and dried
- greater than; bigger than; more than
- whole number; integer (math.); round figure
- American (i.e. of US nationality)
- US and UK; Anglo-American
- real power; genuine power
- direct; concerning oneself; personal
- governor-general; viceroy; governor
- frank; straightforward; blunt
- title; official rank
- lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
- not found in the classics (idiom); unknown; unfounded; not authoritative
- 遴 Lín: 遴 Lin2: surname Lin遴 lín: 遴 lin2: (literary) to select
- dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
- to be well acquainted with
- to urge; to prompt; to spur on; to order sb about
- one side of the story; one-sided statement
- swelling water
- to fail to eventuate; (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing