these guys; these fellows
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
the other day; a few days ago
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
this world; this life; world of the living
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to torment; to harass; to tease
while; during; while; although; all; both
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to claim victims; to cause casualties
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale