present (brought by a visitor); gift
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
whether one wants to or not; without choice
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
public telephone; pay phone
un-; non-; negative prefix
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
thereupon; shortly thereafter
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
that; the matter in question
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over