to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
so; therefore; and; (and) then
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
higher rank; better position
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
prospects of victory; chances of success
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
close; intimate; on good terms
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
possessed of a strong sense of duty
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
particularly; only; in the case of
to get help; to enlist aid
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
how; in what way; by what means
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration