terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
first-rate; finest quality; the best
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
dining; dining room; meal
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
family; members of a family
to have a talk; to tell a story
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
annotation; explanatory note; comment
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
reading too much into (what ... says)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top