circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
since when; from when; how long
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little