to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
inattention; absent-mindedness
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to hide; to conceal oneself
existence; being; presence
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
homeroom; form room; form class
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
surroundings; environs; circumference
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to stop walking; to pause
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to be relieved; to feel relieved
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)