to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
posture; position; pose; attitude
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
absence; disregard; indifference
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
indignant lamentation over the evils of the times
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
above; going steadily upward
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
overlap width; margin for pasting together (e.g. two pieces of paper); elbowroom; leeway; room