stealthily; secretly; in secret
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
surroundings; environs; circumference
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
perception; sensing; noticing
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
than; from; out of; except; but; more
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out