calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
flying column; detached force
country; territory; domain; realm
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
gliding (through the air)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
smokestack smoke; flue gas; factory smog; smoke extraction; smoke ejection; smoke dispersal
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
head temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
program (e.g. TV); programme
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
reception room; parlor; parlour
large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously
bundling up (in layers of clothes)
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless