to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to take away; to carry off
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
going to the United States
to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
yourself; himself; herself
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
pride; boast; credit (to)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
please (give me); please (do for me)
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
justification; rationalization
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across