to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
creak; squeak; creaking sound
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
(medical) doctor; physician
one's post; place of work; workplace
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to develop into a serious incident
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
garbage (rubbish) collection point
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
to grow angry; to display one's anger
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement