stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
living thing; living creature; animal; life
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
serious wound; serious injury
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
prime of one's working life
stubborn (obstinate) father; pig-headed old man
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
failure story; horror story
funny story; funny anecdote
to succeed; to bear fruit
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant