direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
how; in what way; how about
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
it is not (like that) either
the opposite sex; isomerism
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
difficult to ...; hard to ...
is something that; is that which
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
incident; affair; happening; event
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
fear; dread; fright; willies
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
speech and behaviour (behavior)