to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
drinking bout; merrymaking
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
reality; actuality; hard fact
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
simply; merely; only; solely
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge