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firm; steady; staunch

to allow; to permit

disaster; catastrophe

so that; so as to; in order to

to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)

to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race

first; original; primitive

to defend; to safeguard

gaze; insight; foresight

top quality; front ranking

the present time; to be faced with

seldom; rare; hard to come by

ample; complete; hundred percent

power; influence; a force (military, political etc)

precious

grade; rank; status

to subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy

to surround; to encircle; to hem in

act; action; activity

faith; belief; conviction

to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate

look; style; appearance

at the scene; on the spot

special; specific; designated

to look upon; to regard

to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows

assistant; helper

celebration; ceremony

the human world; the earth

to enlarge; to magnify

current situation

higher authorities; superiors

exception; to be an exception

severe; strict

to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration

eating and drinking; food and drink; diet

the outside world; external

very long; endless

post; position; job

to become aware; to detect; to realize

to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve

outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face

frontier; border

convenient; easy; to facilitate

academic degree; place in school

years; time

to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

controversy; dispute; to dispute

lifelong; all one's life; marriage

variant of 回避; variant of 迴避|回避[hui2 bi4]; to shun