waist; waistline; waist measurement
tap; faucet; tap (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
half- (sibling by a different mother); paternal
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
preface; introduction; preamble
when it comes to ...; as for ...
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
only recently; just of late
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
courtesy call; courtesy visit
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
terrible situation; awful state of affairs; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed