cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
patient; unhurried; leisurely
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
along; parallel to; in accordance with
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
freely; frankly; without reserve
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
great laughter; burst of laughter
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
tattling; telling on (someone)
one's physical safety; personal security
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick