sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
tingling; stinging; pungently
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
to have an idea; to have a clue
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to prostrate oneself before
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
no!; no no!; no, not at all
me, me, me; egotistic; ego-driven
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go