coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
at once; immediately; right now
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to spend time (on doing something)
recovery; undoing; recall
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
covered with; stained; smeared
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
triple feature (e.g. movie)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
gradually; slowly but steadily
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination