shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
this and that; such and such
mining; digging; working (a mine)
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
on bad terms; at loggerheads
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
viewing as a problem; problematizing
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
maintaining the status quo
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
long-established; old-established; traditional
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor