to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hostility; animosity; enmity
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
arrangement; pact; agreement
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
glib; smooth-talking; silver-tongued
the same ratio or percentage
first place; head position; leading position
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
fundamental idea; basic concept
mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to keep standing; to stand motionless
(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
without; but if; otherwise; or else