calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
power; authority; jurisdiction
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
softness; comparatively soft
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
naturally; of course; understandably
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to some extent; to a certain extent
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
(for one's turn) to come round
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
in accordance with; according to
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to put one's strength into
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to rant and rave; to raise hell
cares; ill feeling; reserve
all; entire; whole; altogether
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
surrounding at a distance
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying