yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
point in common; common feature
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
review (of learned material); revision
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into