1 to gasp

2 to pant

3 asthma

1 to extend

2 to spread

1 Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war

1 to defer

2 to postpone

3 to put off

4 to retard

5 to slow sth down

1 to continue

2 to go on

3 to last

1 lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)

2 fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly

1 not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules

2 meticulous

3 not one hair out of place

1 to beg to differ (idiom)

1 weather permitting (idiom)

1 to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth