strength; power; proficiency; ability
commander; commanding officer; CO
being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
unable to back down; unable to withdraw; stuck in a position where one cannot pull back; committed
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
power; authority; jurisdiction
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to go out and away; to leave
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
reality; actuality; hard fact
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter