unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
and so; therefore; for that reason
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
this (very thing); this precisely
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
having said that; be that as it may
to be silent; to say nothing
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
in comparison to; rather than
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
hiding one's embarrassment
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
to be impolite; to be discourteous
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree