shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
letter; missive; note; mail
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to redeem (from sin); to save
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
boastful speech; bragging
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to be perturbed; to be agitated
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to happen to pass by; to pass by
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
attendance; presence; appearance
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before