division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
antiscattering; shatter-resistant; shatterproof
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
to blow out; to spout out
to limp; to drag one's feet
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to be embarrassed; to lose face
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to peel; to skin; to pare
splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with; standing; permanent; regular
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to hit hard; to strike hard
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
to find out; to discover; to locate
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
recuperation; medical treatment
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice