1 tight

2 strict

3 close at hand

4 near

5 urgent

6 tense

7 hard up

8 short of money

9 to tighten

1 nervous

2 keyed up

3 intense

4 tense

5 strained

6 in short supply

7 scarce

8 classifier: 阵 zhèn

1 hurriedly

2 without delay

1 to go bankrupt

2 to close down

1 to seal

2 to close

3 to confine

4 to seal off

5 to close down

6 sealed

7 confined

8 closed

9 unreceptive

1 to be refused entrance (idiom)

2 to find the door closed

1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain

2 to bite the bullet

1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society

1 to have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom)

1 deep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate

2 stubborn and perverse