to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump up and down; to hop
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
affidavit; deposition; testimony
region; limits; stage; level
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
calm; composed; cool; quiet
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
immediately; right away; on the spot
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
observation; survey; watching
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears