journal; magazine; periodical
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
because of; owing to; due to
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
how; in what way; in what manner
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
manly; masculine; like a man
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
present continuous tense; present progressive form