to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
self-control; self-restraint
to scatter away; to vanish
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to shake; to sway; to waver
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
otherwise; or else; if not
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
place; room; margin; scope
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up