cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
strong pressure; heavy pressure
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
that's too bad; too bad for you!
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
depending on; dependent on
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
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
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
incident; affair; happening; event
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
in order to do; for the purpose of doing