to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to stop walking; to pause
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
walking briskly; determinedly
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
aspect; phase; condition; modality
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency