curiosity; inquisitiveness
genius; prodigy; natural gift
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
close attention; (watching with) keen interest
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
even though; despite; notwithstanding
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold; to keep out of the loop; (lit.) to leave outside the mosquito net
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
great physical power; animal strength
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
excellent answer; clever answer
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to knock down; to knock out
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
desperation; struggle to the death