friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
mysterious power of words to alter reality
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
conviction; belief; confidence
first match (in a series)
complete stranger; total stranger
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
parent-child relationship
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
very; much; greatly; a lot of
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
instant messaging (messenger, message); IM; input method; IM
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
thicket; coppice; brushwood
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water