sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
because of; owing to; due to
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
victim; injured party; sufferer
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
contours of one's body; figure
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
being upright and cleanhanded
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
(in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one)
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all