human relations; personal relationships
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
respect and affection; love and respect
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
to ask; to enquire; to query
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic
every month; each month; monthly
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
matter of time; question of time
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
pure heart; naivete; innocence
existence; possession; having; limited company
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
sports-minded; sports-oriented
too much for one to handle; unmanageable; uncontrollable
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
pointing out; identification
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
(short) rest; breather; break
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that