grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to kick (at someone, something)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
don't worry about it; forget about it
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised)
to stretch; to extend; to gain influence; to become stronger; to go further; to extend one's journey; to smooth out
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
(brute) force; using all one's might
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
one grade; first-class; primary
human; human-like; as a person