sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
walk-in; person who walks into a hotel, etc. without a reservation; walk-in closet
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
military personnel; soldier
(social) class; rank; grade
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to see through; to see the true nature of something
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
if so; in that case; in that situation
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
valuable article; valuables
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series