love affair; love relationship
to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
sense of relief; feeling of relief
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
one's heart; at one's discretion; in one's hands
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
marathon; long-distance race
to lose sight of; to miss
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be relieved; to feel relieved
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side