to say something clearly and directly
清楚而直接地说某事 (qingchu er zhijie de shuo moushi)
"He didn’t say it in so many words, but I knew what he meant."
"他没有直说，但我知道他的意思。" (ta meiyou zhishuo dan wo zhidao ta de yisi)
to support or defend someone
to hope for something wonderful or dreamlike
to make a lot of noise; to celebrate loudly
to begin to improve after a difficult period
to start behaving more responsibly.
to divide a complex problem into smaller, more manageable pa...
