true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
children's park; children's playground
tax planning; tax reduction strategy
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
play equipment; playground equipment
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
pull-top; pop-top; pop top; pull tab
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
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
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac