bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
joke; playfulness; kidding around
materials; data; document
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
copier paper; photocopying paper
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off