babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to cut; to slit; to slash
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
blizzard; furious snowstorm
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
to sink (into); to get depressed
compelling force; legal force
one day; (on) a certain day
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
place; room; margin; scope
indescribable; inexpressible
be (that) as it may; having said that
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
looking depressed; long face
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
alternately; by turns; one after the other
palsy; paralysis; every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
being startled; getting a shock