to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
distant look; faraway look
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
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way of reciting; way of telling a story
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
limited time; limited-time offer
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
may ... be with you; may there be ...
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
have a pain in one's chest
backflip; backward somersault
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to dance; to perform dance steps
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday; compensatory day off work (for having worked on a holiday, etc.)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile