pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
throat; important part; vital area
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
even more; still more; further
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
nightlife; night amusements
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
high-quality goods; luxury item
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy