to haul in hand over hand
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
highest grade; superlative degree
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
January; first month of the lunar calendar
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
settlement; solution; resolution
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
innocence; being not guilty
trial; judgement; judgment
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to tie; to fix; to attach