to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
to ask a question; to ask questions
commuting to school; school commute
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
almost every day; almost daily
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
bolt from the blue; great surprise
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
indescribable; having no way to express
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness
to be ill; to suffer from
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement