competition; rivalry; something worth doing
moaning; muttering; complaining
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
moment by moment; hour by hour
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
pressure; oppression; suppression
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)