at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
manner of using one's hands
one's dominant hand; person of ability; skilled person; master-hand
kindergartener; preschooler
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
second (unit of time); arc second
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
flat board; slab; monotonous; dull; even pitch; accentless pitch
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that