desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
originally; by nature; from the start
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
optimization; optimisation
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
people; men and women; each person; everybody
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
incident; affair; happening; event
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to lend an ear to; to listen to
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary