to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee