merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
pride; dignity; self-worth
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
national constituency; nationwide publicity; being known all over the country
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
(taking an) objective point of view; viewing objectively
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
notice; attention; observation