hundred days; lengthy time
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to discuss; to talk together
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
period of time; time slot; time zone
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
trolling; singing in a circular canon; round
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to annoy; to cause trouble
difference; discrepancy; variation
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to entrust; to leave to a person
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
reason; cause; circumstances
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
sympathy; compassion; pity
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones