wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
stupid brat; son of a bitch
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
very interesting; of great interest
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be conspicuous; to stand out
villain; baddie; the villain's part
notice; attention; observation
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment