one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
process; course; mechanism
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
absence; disregard; indifference
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
being very busy; busyness
to be away from home; to be out of the house
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
please (give me); please (do for me)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield