attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
proofreading; correction of press; calibration
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
outer wall (e.g. castle); outer block (enclosure); outline; contour
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
repentance; confession; penitence
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
to remain married for life
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to go to one's heart; to cut one to the quick; to give one a deep impression; to clutch at one's heartstrings; to hit home; to strike home
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy