pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
person concerned; interested party; related party
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
what's what; heads or tails
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to pass (of time); to elapse
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
how long; how far; how much
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
finishing blow; coup de grâce
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
by myself; in person; by oneself
how; in what way; by what means
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to begin; to set about; to start
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)