to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to have no chance (of succeeding)
having high information content; informative
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
support; backing; patronage
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
contradiction; inconsistency
unusual; serious; incomparable
complete; whole; perfect; safe
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
final scene; the end; finale
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to speak; to say; to vocalize
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
state of mind; (one's) mental state
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
success or failure; outcome; result
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced