close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
fast walking; semi-jogging
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
(one) letter; (one) character
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
the public; general public
going through; going via; going by way of
to be too numerous; to be too much
guess; speculation; supposition
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
this (very thing); this precisely
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)