wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to turn completely into; to become completely
like a decent person; human
flustered; confused; panicked
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
complete stranger; total stranger
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
to happen to hear; to overhear
authenticity; credibility
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
to say too much; to go too far
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to polish up; to shine up
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
that kind; competition; match
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way