novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to look away; to avert one's eyes
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
still; as yet; as it has been
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
riskiness; (level of) danger
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
in succession; one after another
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy