to wait and see; to see how the land lies
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to run about; to rush about
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
large crowd; mass of people
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
green damselfish (Abudefduf abdominalis); Hawaiian sergeant; Hawaiian sergeant-major damselfish; maomao; mamo
Chinese language (esp. as a college class)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
with a start; with a jump
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to begin; to set about; to start
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to repeat; to be frequent
copier paper; photocopying paper
backing paper; back paper; backing sheet; paper printed or used on one side; reverse side of paper printed on one side
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
outsider; layman; amateur
more than anything; above all else
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
to push away; to push aside; to shove
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary