top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to correct oneself; to restate
bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
period when one's voice changes; (age of) puberty
men and women of all ages
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
average (ability, looks, etc.); ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
as planned; according to plan
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
accomplice; co-conspirator
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
occupation; calling; livelihood
to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
short story; short film; short poem
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)