time; hour; period; class
going upstream; sailing against the current
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
making out and being lovey-dovey
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
this world; this life; world of the living
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
charm; incantation; spell; curse
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
variation in color (colour); having a different color