leather shoes; leather boots
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
store interior; inside of a shop
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to dye; to colour; to color
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
lately; recently; nowadays
to commit a crime; to do evil
knowing; (an) acquaintance
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
personality; style; appearance
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
our country; our land; one's own country
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)