to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to recall; to remember; to recollect
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
block (of wood); chip; splinter
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to be prolonged; to drag on
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
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)
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason