late at night; at a late hour
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to make a speech; to address
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
making one's best exertions
toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
not necessarily so; is not always true
fluent (in a language); flowing
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
tradition; legend; folklore
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
mass communication; mass media
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with