near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
attendance (at school); going to school
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
by means of; due to; because of; according to
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
little finger; pinky; little toe
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
in this way; thus; such; uh...
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to feel; to sense; to experience