anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to be a burden; to make trouble for someone
trivial; not amounting to much
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
virgin; maiden pure in heart
affectation; showiness; pretence
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
suspicious-looking; fishy
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
elopement; running away with a lover
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
(with a) start; fright; alarm
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
meeting; greeting; welcome
here and there; in places
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
drifting; drift; being adrift
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)