to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
another time; some other time
to solicit; to demand; to extort
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
back street; back alley; off-street
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to sniff out; to get wind of
person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
eagle (Accipitridae family)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
long ago; once upon a time
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
war; fighting; fierce competition
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
military gains; war results; fruit of battle