start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to be silent; to say nothing
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
different opinion; objection
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
political measures; policy
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
several times; a few times
how many people; a number of people
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
training; drill; practice; discipline
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
infancy; childhood; tender age
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
finishing blow; coup de grâce
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red