friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to run through; to run past
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
fingering (of a musical instrument)
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles
pressure; oppression; suppression
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
to put into the mouth; to eat
one after another; in rapid succession
remaining; left-over; excess
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
hometown; rural township (of China)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
preliminary arrangements; spade work
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
very hungry; starving; ravenous
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
sour look; surly face; pout
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
leather; leather-bound; leathern
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
main cause; primary factor