public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
sunlight filtering through trees
kindness; intimacy; friendship
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
relation; connection; relevance
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
history of; experience of
trivia; snippet of knowledge
to understand; to make out
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to be to the point; to be pertinent
younger scholar; future reference
general term; generic name