1 to receive

2 to answer (the phone)

3 to meet or welcome sb

4 to connect

5 to catch

6 to join

7 to extend

8 to take one's turn on duty

9 to take over for sb

1 to receive (letter etc)

1 to accept

2 to receive

1 to catch and hold on

2 to continue

3 to go on to do sth

4 to follow

5 to carry on

6 then

7 after that

8 subsequently

9 to proceed

10 to ensue

11 in turn

12 in one's turn

1 to approach

2 to get close to

1 out of breath (idiom)

2 to gasp for air

1 to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist

2 unremitting efforts

1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together

2 head-to-tail

3 one thing starts where the other leaves off

1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)

2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy

2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates