clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
small fraction; small proportion
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context); to bring in a man for sex
laboratory animal; experimental animal
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
incommunicative; taciturn
excessive flattery; adulation
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
yoke; constraints; oppression
to look away; to turn away
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
spider's thread; spider silk
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
Chanyu (supreme leader of the Xiongnu people)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
act of violence; violent behavior
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
master of business administration; MBA; military base agreement
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
one's person; around one's person
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to understand; to keep in mind
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently