in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to speak; to say; to vocalize
breath; breathing; tone; mood
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
door; gate; opening; title page
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
correction; looking over; touching up
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
incident; affair; happening; event
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
gossip; corner of the mouth
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
(social) class; rank; grade
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
otherwise; or else; if not
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
training; drill; practice; discipline
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things