unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
lock-opening; lock-picking
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
calm; composed; cool; quiet
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to say; to be pleased to say
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
function; facility; faculty; feature
temporary; transitory; short-lived
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
person standing watch; guard duty
house search (e.g. by the police)
technique; art; skill; move
living together; coexistence
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car