to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
a little bit; a little while
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
directly opposite; right in front
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
spray; mist (not meteorological)
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
to spring at; to leap upon
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream