only recently; just of late
silent phone call (form of harassment)
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
from here; from this place
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
interception (email); wiretap; bug
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
public telephone; pay phone
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
sender; consignor; remitter
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
plagiarism; plagiarised work
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
power; authority; jurisdiction
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased