to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
very; extremely; excessively
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
changing clothes; change of clothes
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
failure; mistake; blunder
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
machine parts; machinery; equipment
from the beginning; from scratch
supply; provision; raising; procurement
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
school building; schoolhouse