fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
each place; various places
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
willpower; energy; vitality
serious; not joking; straight
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to glare at each other; to confront each other
covering; protection; backing; relief
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also