to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
body; body blow (in boxing)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
close; intimate; on good terms
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
on bad terms; at loggerheads
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
close; intimate; on good terms
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
every person; each one; everybody
free time; time at leisure
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)