antipathy; reluctance; resistance
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
really; truly; indeed; good grief
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
with a bang (clash, bump)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
treasure house; storage for valuable property
fortune-telling; divination
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
rather; sooner; preferably
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten