efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
opinion; intention; thought
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
shady; underhanded; questionable
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
even if not; even without
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
emotional strength; force of will
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
going through; going via; going by way of
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
advisory level (1-5, 5 being the most severe); warning level
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
at first; in the beginning; originally
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
long-established; old-established; traditional
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
lineage; pedigree; good family
history; pedigree; lineage
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship