to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
failure; mistake; blunder
trauma (usu. psychological)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
first match (in a series)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
imagination; supposition; guess
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)