to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
chastity; virtue; fidelity
evil spirit; demon; devil
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
elder sister; effeminate man
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
being too late; losing one's final chance
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
one by one; one after another; successively
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
victim; injured party; sufferer
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
soft flesh (esp. in a sexual context)
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely