estimation; criticism; comment
rate of increase (e.g. prices); rate of climb (e.g. aircraft)
easily; in no time; effortlessly
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
to lie down; to throw oneself down
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
unnatural or untimely death (esp. in contrast with the karma of the previous life)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
to stick it out (until the end)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to cover fully; to wrap around
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body or mind; to put oneself in the place of ...; to put oneself in (someone's) shoes
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
most part; greater part; majority
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts