to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
in proportion to; just as much as
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to come into being; to be born
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
discussion; argument; debate
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate