to go to see (something, someone); to visit
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
after school (at the end of the day)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
year in, year out; always; 24-7
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to