realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
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
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
impossible; unlikely; improbable
reality; actuality; hard fact
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
(not) even once; (not) ever
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
(not so) much; (not) very
how dare ...; how could ...
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused