festival; feast; carnival
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
incident; affair; happening; event
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
single word; a few words; brief comment
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
although I say; although one might say; although called
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
what's that?; what the...
bolt from the blue; great surprise
no!; no no!; no, not at all
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
decision; settlement; definition
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes