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to rob (with force); bandit; robber

(Persian) Gulf; bay; gulf

to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in

study (room); studio

to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time)

to appear personally; to step in; to step forth

to run

drawing; painting

to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management

astronaut

middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc)

to initiate; to start; to found

(scientific) research

milk cow; dairy cow

flag (of a country); CL:面[mian4]

web page

before this; before then; previously

to wish

old-fashioned; out of date; to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon

(husked) rice

carrying on one's back; turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb)

along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time

won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

inevitably

sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc); CL:件[jian4]

to receive; to draw; to get

surname Jie; to take the lid off; to expose

to bend; to curve around; curved

kin; kindred; relatives

to generate electricity; to send a telegram

to establish; to found; to launch

valley; ravine

solar energy

most; mostly; most likely

far away; a distant location

excellent quality

slippers; sandals; flip-flops

to change; to alter; to modify

to deploy; to allocate; configuration

unexpected; previously unimagined

ship; boat; vessel

semifinals

(technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film)

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc)

head (of state); summit (meeting); leader

platform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate); (Tw) website

spoon; ladle; abbr. for 勺, centiliter (unit of volume)

to transform; to convert; to vary

eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal