lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
well-bred; of good upbringing
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)