timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to be too numerous; to be too much
in the same way as; just like
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold; to keep out of the loop; (lit.) to leave outside the mosquito net
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to squeeze out; to wring out
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
number of articles; number of items; quantity
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
as before; as ever; as it was originally
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring