umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
release; emission; ejection
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
poke (Hawaiian raw-fish salad)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
(doing something) in tears
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
prospects of victory; chances of success
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
failure; mistake; blunder
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
thought; consideration; thinking
self-defense; self-defence
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny