to make a speech; to address
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to take pains (doing something); to take great care
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
bungler; greenhorn; low quality (of crops, fruits, etc.); poor produce; wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
resentment; indignation; anger
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming