recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
document; official papers
difficult to ...; hard to ...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
leader; authority; mainstay
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
mental derangement; madness; insanity
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to check; to stop; to keep back
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
this and that; one thing or another
while; during (the time when)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)