blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
shopping; purchased goods
to detain; to check; to restrain
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
eastern part; the east (of a region)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
it is I who should say so
long ago; already; a long time ago
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to listen again; to ask again
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
observation; survey; watching
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
for your information; I'm telling you
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
feigned tears; crocodile tears
man who is popular with women
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent