town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
annual (plant); first-year student
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
since that time; since then; from that point (on)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any