worry; fear; anxiety; concern
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
interference; intervention; meddling
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
just one person; only one
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
very young; little; childish; immature
continuation; succession; series
until now; so far; up to the present
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
please; somehow or other; one way or another
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
at first; in the beginning; originally
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
womanly; ladylike; feminine