to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
several years; a few years
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
perception; sensing; noticing
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve