retreating figure; appearance from behind
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
raging bull; ferocious bull
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
stocking shelves; stock person; stocking person
absence due to illness; sick leave
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
town; city; municipal; urban
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
noisy; confused; uproarious
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
connection; link; relationship
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; honest
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
just a minute; small quantity
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
every person; each one; everybody
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
door (Western-style, car, etc.)