to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
acceleration; speeding up
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
take the opportunity to (do something else)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
horseplay; fooling around
to maintain; to continue to have
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy