port city; harbor city; harbour city
January; first month of the lunar calendar
even more; still more; further
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
left breast; left side of the chest
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to cut corners; to be shoddy
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
real experience; actual observations
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
wrong; different; not like that
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to form a group; to form a bunch
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
the whole area; all areas
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for