time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
stepping back; drawing back
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
(something) like that; that sort of; resembling; seemingly authentic; genuine-looking; realistic
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
nice; likeable; desirable
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
trivial; not amounting to much
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
student in a lower grade; underclassman
forced laugh; forced smile
waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
office job; clerical work
headache inducing; vexing
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood