overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
good humour (humor); good mood
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to pluck; to pick; to tear
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be found; to be discovered
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to shake one's head (in denial)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
older brother and younger sister
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant