ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
stirring; slight movement
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
a glance; a look; a glimpse
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to roll up (sleeves, skirt, etc.); to tuck up; to pull up
waist; waistline; waist measurement
everything; anything; nothing
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)