title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
dogfight; dogfighting; fighting dog
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
scholarship; scientific attainments
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
directly opposite; right in front
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to unfold; to unroll; to open
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to scatter away; to vanish
contest; comparison; competition
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
while; during (the time when)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect