to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
pack of lies; complete fabrication; all lies
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
willpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
corpulence; fatness; obesity
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
laughing off; dismissing with a laugh
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
feeling one gets from listening to something
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
frantically; maddeningly; to distraction
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back
way; method; means; resource; course
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
competing; competition; auction
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse