listen!; you see; mind you; remember
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
(turned out) all right in the end
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
knowing; (an) acquaintance
whispering; murmuring; subdued
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
knight; keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
settlement; solution; resolution
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
opinion; point of view; visual point
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
the reverse; other side; lining