to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
way of speaking; intimation
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
indiscriminately; recklessly
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
bamboo divination stick (used in I Ching divination)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing