power; authority; jurisdiction
softness; comparatively soft
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
(for one's turn) to come round
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
advanced level; high grade; senior
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to put into effect; to put into practice
bygones; the past; past event
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension