moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to straighten up; to sit upright
to state; to express; to mention
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
most of all; extremely; supremely
skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
construction at top speed
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
hot topic; talk of the town
slightly injured person; slightly wounded person; person with minor injuries
official announcement; proclamation
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to explain adequately; to be accountable
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to throw oneself (into an activity)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do