backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
to press against each other; to huddle together
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to relapse; to reassert; to review
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
true character; real nature
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to run through; to run past
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
almost; roughly; approximately
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
explosion; rupture; break off
knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to collapse into; to flop onto
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to dry up completely; to become stale
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language