difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
one's heart rate; pulse rate
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
person who is ...; thing that is ...
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
solitude; loneliness; isolation
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
instead; but (on the other hand)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
eternal; unlimited; endless
the very best; excellent; superb
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
some; several; many; how many; how much; very