to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
duty; obligation; responsibility
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
armed forces; military; troops
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
family; relatives; dependents; household
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
since then; from that time; ever since
a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to burst open; to pop; to split
to blaze; to burn brightly
silver utensil; silverware
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
behind others; losing out to others
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to peel; to skin; to pare