remarkable; striking; obvious
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
good-quality; superior in quality
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to cause someone to worry
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
one's mental make-up (structure)
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
hearsay; learning by hearsay
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
episode; anecdote; vignette
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to ask a question; to ask questions
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
after a long time; for the first time in a while
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other