story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
(barbed) wire entanglements
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
control; management; supervision
individual; private person; personal; natural person
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
world; society; people; the public
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
minority; (sexual, ethnic) minority; minority group
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
being bad at communication; being unsociable
confusion; mixing; merger
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
charming; fascinating; attractive
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into