going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to amuse oneself; to make merry
how long; how far; how much
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
area; region; district; locality
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
relation; connection; relevance
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
serious; severe; grave; acute
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
simply; merely; only; solely
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
to be lacking in options; to be too few
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to live; to make a living; to get on with
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
definite; final; decisive; conclusive