to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
senior high school; high school
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
danger; peril; hazard; risk
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to anticipate; to foresee
acceleration; speeding up
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
person concerned; interested party; related party
to stare back (at); to glare back
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
feelings; thoughts; meaning
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
right in the center (centre)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
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)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
natural form (of a vitamin, etc.); native form; naturally occurring