sexy; popular; well-liked
to be at a loss for words
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
protective instinct; defensive instinct
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
large container; person of great talent
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to live through; to survive
prospects of victory; chances of success
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell