being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to throw on the fire; to burn
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
such; like that; in that way
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
more than anything; above all else
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
several minutes; a few minutes
to recover consciousness; to come to
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
just because; even if; even though
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
it's no joke; gimme a break!
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
not worth considering; out of the question
to be born; to come into the world
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains