unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
such; this sort of; like this
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
pupil; student; schoolchild
very young; little; childish; immature
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
else; in addition; besides
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
sanity; consciousness; soberness
story; tale; talk; discussion
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to have a talk; to tell a story
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.)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round