to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
audience; spectator; spectators
and; thereupon; because of that
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
close; intimate; on good terms
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
relatively; comparatively
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
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
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
jealousy; roasted rice cake
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
after school (at the end of the day)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
single word; a few words; brief comment