staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
profitable plan; good plan
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
beginning; outset; first; onset
doing whatever one pleases
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
every evening; every night
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
only; merely; but; no more than
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
passion; temper; irritability
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
body; group; party; company; troupe
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
go that far; to that extent
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy