showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
secret; private; surreptitious
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
don't you think?; indicates question
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
consideration; taking into account
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
largest class; top category
personal; individual; private
taste; liking; preference
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
fury; flying into a rage; outrage
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was