vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
advisory level; warning level
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
social dance; ballroom dancing
to ask a question; to ask questions
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to be worried; to be troubled
tedious; boring; being fed up with
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
by sheer strength; by brute force
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
sympathy; compassion; pity
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
stairs; stairway; staircase
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
it's been a long time; long time no see
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
both; both sides; both parties
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway