to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to get angry; to lose one's temper
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to press a question; to cross-examine
enemy territory; hostile place
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to steal or sneak or slip into
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
other side; opposite side; other party
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
love affair; sensual pleasures
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
correction; rectification; mending; repair
trend; tendency; movement; attitude