first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
religious painting; religious picture
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
more than anything; above all else
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
fear; dread; fright; willies
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
posture; position; stance
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
front; frontage; facade; main
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
to have one's knees be about to give way
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
dozens; scores of; decades
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre