crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to check; to stop; to keep back
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
pricking; stinging; tingling
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to be perturbed; to be agitated
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to put on airs; to assume importance
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
a little bit; a little while
to have a talk; to tell a story
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to state; to express; to mention
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
extermination; expulsion; destruction
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
patriarch; head of a family
various kings; unproclaimed son of the imperial family