to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
from outside; from the side
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to fight against; to oppose; to face
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
reason; cause; circumstances
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
one's house; one's home; one's family