black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
both hands; both arms; ten
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to move (house); to change residence
just because; even if; even though
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to miss a chance; to fail to do
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid