tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
extermination; annihilation
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
whatever (the case may be)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
sincere; honest; faithful
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off