powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
physical work; manual labour (labor)
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
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)
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
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
serious wound; serious injury
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
prime of one's working life
stubborn (obstinate) father; pig-headed old man
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
failure story; horror story
to succeed; to bear fruit
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
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
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
healing (esp. emotional or spiritual healing)
to sink (into); to get depressed
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
that is to say; so that means
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways