Vocabulary

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward

unable to speak (due to overwhelming emotion); soundless; mute

to do the job; to do the business

to practice; to practise; to train; to drill; to become practiced; to become practised

smarmy; unctuous; insincerely flattering; profuse compliments

to admit fault; to admit one is wrong

benevolent rule of a gracious sovereign

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

don't worry about it; forget about it

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

to be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence

to assail the nostrils (smell)

to give off a stench; to stink

beyond imagination; unimaginable

to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)

to kill time

there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it

to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost

to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

(and) many others; extras (in a film)

likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

how kind of you; that's very nice of you

blood flows

unable to back out; unable to withdraw; unable to stop; unable to compromise

to spurt toward; to put on a spurt

as anyone can see

to form a circle; to move in a circle

restricted; confined; unfree

sword of Damocles

possibly; maybe; perhaps

for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes

grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

key success factor; key to success; KSF

to crack a joke; to tell a joke

to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps

all you want; as much as one wants