oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
conviction; belief; confidence
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
existence; possession; having; limited company
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
pride; dignity; self-worth
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
boy; son; baby boy; young man
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
reaction; response; reaction
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
semi-transparent; translucent
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
hostility; animosity; enmity
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
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
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
ascetic practices; ridding oneself of desires for food, clothing and shelter; religious medicancy; mendicant monk; sack; carry-all bag
right side; right-hand side
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
one by one; one after another; successively
to ascend; to go up; to climb
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
somersault; looping-the-loop
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
propulsive power; driving force
other side; opposite side; other party