care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
secret; private; surreptitious
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
call; summons; convening; convocation
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
one by one; one each; one at a time
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
in accordance with; pursuant to; in proportion to; according to; in the same manner as; in the same way as
personification; impersonation; embodiment
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
viewing as a problem; problematizing
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
there's no smoke without fire
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to cause a person trouble
measure; measuring tape; measuring
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband