to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
intelligence network; information network
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
considerably; greatly; a lot
(within a) territory; domains
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
clearly; distinctly; vividly
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
summertime; summer season