snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
hand used like a sword in striking
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
one cause; one reason; one factor
discipline; training; teaching manners
action; operation; effect; function
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
script; screenplay; scenario
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
event; phenomenon; matter
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly