being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to thrust away; to send flying
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to pierce through; to break through
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to freeze; to refrigerate
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down