once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
passing through; through passage
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
inspection; examination; survey
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
plural; multiple; plural (number)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking