to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
charming; fascinating; attractive
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
in low spirits; dejected; sad
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
transfer student; student changing schools
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to comfort; to console; to amuse
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
to manage something successfully; to be successful
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to be embarrassed; to lose face
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated