1.additional competition2.play-off3.decider
Henri Poincaré (1854-1912), French mathematician, physicist and philosopher
1.a cut above2.top quality
1.to try harder2.to redouble one's efforts
to confer a title an official position
to receive a promotion; to rise in rank
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亚大学[jiā lì fú ní yà dà xué])
1.to add interest (to a story)2.to sex up
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
1.to go at full throttle2.(fig.) to go all out3.to kick into high gear
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
1.to increase bit by bit2.repeated increments
1.to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)2.to go as fast as possible
to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
to feel a mixture of love and hate
1.to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)2.to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
1.Singaporean person2.Singaporean
Chandighar, capital of Punjab state of northwest India
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great
(idiom) weeping uncontrollably
1.lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)2.fig. to do one's bit to help
poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
Gospel according to St Luke
Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
the Algarve (southern region of Portugal)
(idiom) wild and stormy; windy and wet
1.lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom)2.fig. to be made emperor3.to take the crown
Volgograd, city in Russia on the Volga River 伏尔加河[fú ěr jiā hé]
1.Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic2.formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
堪察加半岛堪察加半島 Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
加州理工学院加州理工學院 1.California Institute of Technology (Caltech)2.abbr. for 加利福尼亚理工学院
加里宁格勒州加里寧格勒州 Kaliningrad Oblast
特古西加尔巴特古西加爾巴 Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras