incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to thrust before; to thrust at
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
duty; obligation; responsibility
three; three years of age
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
adds force or indicates command
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
as if nothing had happened
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
such ... as; or some such
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck