eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
way (of doing); manner; method; means
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
according to plan; as planned
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
reaction; response; reaction
such; like that; that sort of
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to gather; to collect; to assemble
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced