to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to jump up and down; to hop
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
is something that; is that which
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to fight against; to oppose; to face