martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be conspicuous; to stand out
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
near; close; beside; third person
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
long ago; a long time ago; already
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
curiosity; inquisitiveness
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to repeat; to do something over again
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind