excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
braggart; big talker; bigmouth
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
to recall; to remember; to recollect
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
hopeless; unmanageable; incorrigible
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to talk; to chat; to chatter
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever