minimum; at the very least
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
(in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(glaring) covetously; (watching) eagerly (for a chance)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
after school (at the end of the day)
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
proposal; offer; request; application
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to screw up one's courage; to take heart
to be on edge; to get nervous; to feel tense
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
distrust; unjust suspicion
no, not like that (but like this)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
human rights; civil liberties
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)