loud laughter; roaring with laughter
book; volume; this; present; main; head
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
another time; some other time
secret; private; surreptitious
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
platform; home; home base; home plate
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to approach; to draw near
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
the other day; lately; recently
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to snatch from; to steal from
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to rip out (and take); to tear out
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
even if; even though; however; no matter how
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible