bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
bowing (a string instrument)
secret; private; surreptitious
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
magic bullet; magic bullets
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
household economy; family finances
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to cause someone to worry
note (letter) left behind; will
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
though; even if; whether ... or ...
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless