affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
release; liberation; acquittal
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
specialization; specialisation
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to entrust; to leave to a person
(social) class; rank; grade
person standing watch; guard duty
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to surround; to crowd around
how; in what way; by what means
to approach; to draw near
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
high tide; high water; full tide
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
show; exhibition; spectacle
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is