to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
discipline; training; teaching manners
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
normalcy; normality; normal
older brother and younger sister
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
overhasty; rash; premature
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to chase; to run after; to pursue
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
together; at the same time; same; identical
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to subsist; to keep on living
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...