development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
blind date party, with the object of sex
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
first part; first volume; prequel
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
tenth day of the month; ten days
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)