suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to be erected; to be built
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
No Unauthorized Persons; No Unauthorized Entry; Authorized Personnel Only
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to lie down; to throw oneself down
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
having said that; on the other hand
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude