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to dismiss students at the end of the school day
HSK 1
to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease
HSK 2
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to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)
HSK 1
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to relax; to slacken; to loosen
HSK 4
to have a holiday or vacation
HSK 1
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
HSK 5
to enlarge / to magnify
HSK 5
to project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)
HSK 7-9
projector
to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
HSK 7-9
to release (a hostage) / to put back in place
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
radioactive
wanton / unbridled / presumptuous / impudent
HSK 7-9
applicable anywhere (idiom)
magnifying glass
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
radioactive waste
to let go one's hold / to give up / to have a free hand
to let pass
to put in / to insert
to survey / to view broadly
to let off / to give out
to spread a smokescreen
to put into
to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth
HSK 7-9
to put
HSK 7-9
to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild
to stand sb up / to bail on sb
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
to be on summer vacation
to let (sb) off / to let (sb) get away with sth
to sob loudly; to bawl
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden
radiation / rays of radiation
radiology
(coll.) to stand sb up / to fail to honor an agreement
to ease up the pace / to slow things down
electrical discharge / (coll.) to lure / to entice
bring it on! / give me all you got!
to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
cinema room / viewing room
to lower / to be humble
to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish!
cannot stop worrying
to lay down a heavy burden
to let go / to release
to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
to radiate / radioactive
to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
to have free rein (idiom)
to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol
radiotherapy (abbr. for 放射療法|放射疗法) / to treat by radiotherapy
to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information
to graze (livestock) / to herd (livestock)
licentious / wanton / morally unrestrained
to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation / to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
exothermic reaction
very loudly / at the top of one's voice
to provide loans
to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
untrammeled / reckless / wanton
to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc)
radioactive material
to open fire / to shoot a gun
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
to stand someone up
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
as far as the eye can see
to allow to fly
to broadcast / to announce over loudspeakers
to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off
(of weather) to clear up
radiation source
to knock off work for the day
laissez-faire policy; non-interference
to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down
to abandon all restraint (idiom)
wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
to banish / to deport / to send into exile / to be marooned
to feed the starving ghosts (i.e. offer sacrifice to protect the departed spirit)
shepherd / shepherd boy
to set off firecrackers
radiological defense
to lend money (as a commercial loan)
to be able to put (sth) down; to have room for; to be able to accommodate
to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate
radiation plume
to set off firecrackers
(lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
radioactive nuclide / radionuclide
wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
radioactive isotope / radioisotope
to release breath / to deflate / to fart
playback (of recorded sound)

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