expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
even though; despite; when
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
at once; immediately; right now
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
(made of) leather; leather-bound
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
honorific title; honorific term of address
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to push down; to press down; to force down; to depress
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
touching; moving; painful
servile character (disposition)
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness