meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
to speak; to hear a voice
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to comb down; to smooth down
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
land shark; land speculator
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
with a start; with a jump
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
underworld; underside of society
black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)