at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to be injured; to sustain a wound
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to accept; to receive; to agree
contrived; false-sounding
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
again (and again); once again; yet again
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to crack; to develop a crack
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
with a clink (of metal); with a chink