to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
far away in the distance; in the far distance
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to erase all trace of something
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft