about this time; about now
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
by myself; in person; by oneself
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to compete with; to vie for
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
long time; long interval; for quite some time
mask; disguise; guise; mask
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to the end; entirely; in full
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head