rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
financials; on the funding (capital) side
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
thereupon; shortly thereafter
fundraising campaign; donation (to a fundraising campaign); contribution; (political) campaign
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
support; backing; aid; assistance
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
resentment; indignation; anger
gossip; corner of the mouth
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
indicate reason; infers some protest
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
motive power; driving force
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in