to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to put on (clothing, esp. new)
you (plural); all of you; you all
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
police officer; policeman; constable
fire brigade; fire company
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
line; queue; procession; matrix
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
to run a shop; to have a shop
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)