recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
single word; a few words; brief comment
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
how can (one) do something
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
feeling; sense; impression
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else