to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
overlapping; piling; stacking
seeing through; perceiving; noticing; getting wind of
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
roaming; drifting about; wandering; drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)
to ponder; to contemplate
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
stifled (laughter); simmering
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
to backfire; to have a harmful result
being filled with; being full of; permeation
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person