impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
arm; skill; efforts; ability
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
exactly as stated; verbatim
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
possible; likely; probable
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to thrust before; to thrust at
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
far away in the distance; in the far distance
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
silence; stillness; quietness
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
pride; boast; credit (to)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
while; during (the time when)
to flare up; to burst into flames
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)