crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
attempting to change one's image when one starts university
surroundings; environs; circumference
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
participation; joining; entry; adherence
because of; owing to; due to
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
still (continuing); as ever; further
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense