embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
merman; half man-half fish
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
countenance; features; looks
retention; maintenance; preservation
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
senior; elder; person older than oneself
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
essence; true nature; substance; reality
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to close (one's eyes); to shut
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
nervous; neural; neurogenic
gastritis; gastric catarrh
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age