loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
point in question (at issue)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
fort; stronghold; fortification
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
the reverse; other side; lining
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated