pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to get one's breath back; to calm down
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
breath; breathing; tone; mood
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
being too late; losing one's final chance
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
probability; likelihood; chances
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
iron rust; iron hydroxide
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to dry up completely; to become stale
to be dead; to be lifeless
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions