to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
highly unpredictable; touch and go
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
to overdo; to do too much
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
at a moment's notice; readily
overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to suppress one's emotions
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
several minutes; a few minutes
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
body and soul; mind and body
serious wound; serious injury
flood of emotions; many thoughts
to show one's affection; to express one's love
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
original intention; initial resolution