infancy; childish; infantile; immature
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
bluff; false show of power; bold front
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
conviction; belief; confidence
impossible; unlikely; improbable
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to jar; to creak; to grate
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
outside world; physical world
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
that is to say; so that means
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
box cutter; utility knife
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to form a pair; to pair up
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw