character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
while; during; while; although; all; both
to face; to go towards; to head towards
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
myself; yourself; I; me; you
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
inn town; post town; post-station town
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on