frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
right under; directly below
walking heavily; lumbering
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
god of death; death deity; Death
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to become clear; to be made public
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
dubious; puzzled; suspicious