coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
two things that are superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
keen eye; sharp eye; keen insight; keen perception
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve