to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to speak; to say; to vocalize
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
household economy; family finances
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
coincident with; while; simultaneously
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
ornamental ridge-end tile
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
some people; a few people; several people
to gather; to collect; to assemble
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
transport; transportation
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction