innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
pointing out; identification
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
successively; one after another
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to think (something) strange
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to be opposite; to face each other
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
Cristina; Christina; Cristina (Brazil); Cristina (Spain)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
whispering into a person's ear