to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
electricity; (electric) light
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
drama; play; Chinese opera
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on