companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to check; to stop; to keep back
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
regret; repentance; remorse
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
acceleration; speeding up
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to have an eye on; to zero in on
crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
sympathy; compassion; pity
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to look down over; to look down on
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
insurance; guarantee; warranty
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
giant arm; huge arm; oversized arm
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
from here; from this place
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to