to approach; to draw near
conquest; domination; mastery
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
don't you think?; indicates question
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
every place; various places
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely