strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
valuable article; valuables
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
another time; some other time
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
alternately; by turns; one after the other
influenced (by); under an influence
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
looking depressed; long face
to be the ruin of (a person)
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
the same as always; day after day
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to shake; to waver; to tremble
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
cheap article; poor quality article
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
parting; separation; farewell
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown