to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
subjective symptoms; patient's complaints
official announcement; proclamation
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
at once; immediately; right now
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
very young; little; childish; immature
to pile up; to accumulate
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
to have a talk; to tell a story
authenticity; credibility
new and old; incoming and outgoing
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
elder sister; effeminate man
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up