familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
(police) detective; criminal matter
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
independent action; acting alone
all but dead; half killed
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
sooner or later; in time; eventually
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
tedious; boring; being fed up with
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
sense of smell; olfaction
best article under heaven; peerless
to be transparent; to show through
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to like; to love; to be fond of
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
troubles both at home and abroad
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt