attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
dealing with; coping with
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
preparatory phase; preparatory period
very recently; in the very recent past
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
preparation; provision; guarding
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
street stall; stand; booth
to pass (of time); to elapse
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
consists of; comprises; is made up of
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
to rest one's chin in one's hands
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
authority; power; influence
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while