to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
stairs; stairway; staircase
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
trauma (usu. psychological)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
the last moment; the very end
whispering; murmuring; subdued
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
to continue to work; to work away (at)
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset