knowing; (an) acquaintance
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
done; just done; just finished
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
reopening; resumption; restarting
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to be relieved; to feel relieved