step; stride; counter for steps
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
long ago; already; a long time ago
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
solitude; loneliness; isolation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
no matter how much time passes
every Tom, Dick and Harry; any one or thing; (lit.) even a cat and a ladle
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
the same; the said; likewise
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
not worth considering; out of the question
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction