grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
somehow; for some reason or other
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
such; this sort of; like this
near; close by; within reach; familiar
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to happen to meet; to come across
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
very much; very many; more and more
to understand; to make out
victim; injured party; sufferer
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
long ago; a long time ago; already
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to feel relaxed; to be soothed