to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
article to be delivered; present
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
tattling; telling on (someone)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
face contorted and about to cry
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude