to soften; to moderate; to relieve
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
settlement; solution; resolution
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
to make an appearance; to show up
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
in that manner; like that
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
labor; labour; toil; hardship
next; secondly; subsequently
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off