1 to raise

2 to increase

3 to improve

1 tallest

2 highest

3 supreme (court etc)

1 sour

2 tart

3 sick at heart

4 grieved

5 sore

6 aching

7 pedantic

8 impractical

9 to make sarcastic remarks about sb

10 an acid

1 surname Gao

1 senior high school

2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]

1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)

2 fig. to cross swords with

3 to lock horns

1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what

1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)

2 one should constantly strive to make progress

1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt