soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
threat; intimidation; menace
true character; true heart; true spirit
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
(someone else's) daughter
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
3000; three thousand; many
to be badly made; to fail
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
cares; ill feeling; reserve
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
calls and sounds made by insects
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)