colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
diary shared between friends (who take turns writing entries); exchange diary
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
script; libretto; scenario
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
just you wait and see (as a threat)
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence