maintenance; preservation; improvement
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
reopening; resumption; restarting
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
discovery; detection; finding
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
here and there; in places
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
not necessarily so; is not always true
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively