fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
huge; enormous; great big
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to place firmly; to hit very hard
baa (sound of a sheep); meh
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
grumbling; complaining; muttering; crumpling (e.g. paper)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
block (of wood); chip; splinter
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to step back; to walk backwards
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
useless resistance; vain struggle
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
way one walks; one's walk
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake