self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
intensification; aggravation
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
how; in what way; how about; questionable
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
because of; owing to; due to
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)