1 namely

2 that is

3 i.e.

4 prompt

5 at once

6 at present

7 even if

8 prompted (by the occasion)

9 to approach

10 to come into contact

11 to assume (office)

12 to draw near

1 even if

2 even though

1 on the eve of

2 to be about to

3 to be on the verge of

1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)

1 control

2 to exercise control over

3 to contain

1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)

2 to hit it off

3 to click together

4 to chime in easily

1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done

2 success at a stroke

3 to get results overnight

1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)

2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt

2 to anticipate

3 preemptive

1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)

2 inaccessible

3 also written 可望而不可及[kě wàng ér bù kě jí]