ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless
true character; real nature
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
certainly; surely; definitely
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
to overdo; to do too much
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
revising (a manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
jumping to a wrong conclusion
producer; grower; maker; producer (in a food chain)
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot