mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
... years old; age (of) ...
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
nothing but; none other than
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
then; and (then); in that case; if so
chain; series; connection; linkage
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to break a dam; to burst out
regret; repentance; remorse
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
many; much; plenty; hardly
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water