|  | and; as well as   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | there's not enough time (to do sth)  / it's too late (to do sth)   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to spread extensively  / to generalize  / widespread  / popular  / universal  / ubiquitous  / pervasive   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | and  / to reach  / up to  / in time for   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to pass an exam or a test  / to meet a minimum standard   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | timely; at the right time  / promptly; without delay   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | passing line or score (in an examination)   |  | 
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 |  | US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)   |  | 
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 |  | as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability  / within one's powers   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | Egypt   |  | 
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 |  | popularization of science   |  | 
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 |  | to mention  / to raise (a subject)  / to bring to sb's attention   |  | 
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 |  | timely rain  / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help   |  | 
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 |  | no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to fail  / to flunk   |  | 
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 |  | to spread to  / to involve  / to affect   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)   |  | 
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 |  | by the time that   |  | 
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 |  | lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected  / Love me, love my dog.   |  | 
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 |  | can't wait   |  | 
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 |  | to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future  / make merry while you can  / carpe diem   |  | 
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 |  | (idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible   |  | 
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 |  | not expected at the outset (idiom)  / unforeseen  / to be surprised by the turn of events   |  | 
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 |  | lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom)  / fig. too late for regrets   |  | 
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 |  | to endanger  / to jeopardize  / a danger (to life, national security etc)   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | nobody can compete with; unmatched by anybody; without rival   |  | 
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 |  | timeliness  / promptness   |  | 
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 |  | (literary) to be of benefit to   |  | 
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 |  | to hope to reach; to strive for   |  | 
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 |  | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.   |  | 
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 |  | to spread; to extend   |  | 
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 |  | (literary) when  / by the time  / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]   |  | 
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 |  | unattainable  / far-fetched  / out of reach  / exceedingly remote or distant   |  | 
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 |  | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.   |  | 
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 |  | impossibly stupid   |  | 
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 |  | to talk about  / to mention   |  | 
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 |  | to make reference to; to mention   |  | 
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 |  | intransitive verb   |  | 
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 |  | Book of Exodus  / Second Book of Moses   |  | 
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 |  | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own   |  | 
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 |  | (idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to fall short of  / not as good as  / too late   |  | 
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 |  | to extend (everywhere)   |  | 
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 |  | Nigeria (Tw)   |  | 
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 |  | to be caught off guard  / without warning   |  | 
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 |  | (loanword) gill (unit)   |  | 
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 |  | to care for other's children as one's own   |  | 
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 |  | within reach   |  | 
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 |  | Algeria   |  | 
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 |  | to pass an imperial examination   |  | 
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 |  | not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom)  / to surpass  / to outdo  / (derog.) to be even worse   |  | 
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 |  | too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)   |  | 
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 |  | in my humble opinion (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | to touch (physically, one's feelings etc)  / to touch on (a topic)   |  | 
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 |  | beyond one's power (to do sth)   |  | 
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 |  | to take into consideration  / to attend to   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | transitive (grammar)   |  | 
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 |  | transitive verb   |  | 
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 |  | (bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)   |  | 
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 |  | to harm the innocent (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | to not have had time  / to have not yet  / not to touch upon   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak   |  | 
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 |  | what one can see   |  | 
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 |  | to involve  / to affect   |  | 
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 |  | lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence  / too far to be able to help   |  | 
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 |  | chickpea   |  | 
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 |  | (of sb who is preoccupied with doing sth) to pay no heed to (a less pressing consideration)   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)  / to be far inferior   |  | 
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 |  | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.   |  | 
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 |  | to ask  / to plead  / to beg  / to involve   |  | 
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 |  | IEEE  / Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers   |  | 
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 |  | to anticipate  / forecast  / expectation  / anticipation   |  | 
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 |  | to talk nonsense (idiom)  / frivolous talk   |  | 
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 |  | to have enough time (to do sth); to be able to make it (in time)   |  | 
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 |  | to bring disaster upon   |  | 
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 |  | to mention  / referring to   |  | 
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 |  | what one can see   |  | 
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 |  | to bring disaster to   |  | 
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 |  | P.S.  / postscript   |  | 
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 |  | not enough time (to do sth)  / too late (to do sth)   |  | 
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 |  | to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)  / irrelevant   |  | 
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 |  | as far as the eye can see   |  | 
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 |  | a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer  / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions  / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee   |  | 
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 |  | to extend to   |  | 
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 |  | in my humble opinion   |  | 
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 |  | to proceed from the outside to the inside  / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance   |  | 
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 |  | Algiers, capital of Algeria   |  | 
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 |  | Egyptologist   |  | 
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 |  | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)   |  | 
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 |  | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents   |  | 
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 |  | Egyptology   |  | 
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 |  | Antigua and Barbuda (Tw)   |  | 
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 |  | Algerian   |  | 
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 |  | Trinidad and Tobago (Tw)   |  | 
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