clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to jar; to creak; to grate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
foreign; abroad; overseas
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
time; hour; period; class
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to carry around; to carry on one's person
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
no!; no no!; no, not at all
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to shut in; to confine; to contain
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to say no more; to sink into silence
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
silence (not speaking); muteness
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
really; truly; indeed; good grief