unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
the opposite sex; isomerism
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
how; in what way; in what manner
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
(overnight) stay; lodging
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to flare up; to burst into flames
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
technique; art; skill; move
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
link; linking; link; hyperlink; linking (of object files); linkage