near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
almost; roughly; approximately
bedridden; confined to bed
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
suppuration; festering; coming to head
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans); wasp; hornet; yellow jacket
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
middle and high-school students
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
go that far; to that extent
danger; peril; hazard; risk
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
discovery; detection; finding
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness