absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
how long; how far; how much
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
staying the night; lodging (at)
arbitrage; long-short trade; pairs trade; brokerage; brokering
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
present (brought by a visitor); gift
(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
a few years ago; some years back
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
battle formation; military formation