tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to pierce through; to break through
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
to push aside; to push one's way through
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
suddenly; all of a sudden
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
if so; in that case; in that situation
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist