to attract attention; to come into the limelight
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
nonchalant air; unruffled air
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
clicking; clopping; clacking
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to ask; to enquire; to query
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
knowing; (an) acquaintance
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
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
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
(with a) start; fright; alarm