devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
it is I who should say so
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
after school (at the end of the day)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
still; even now; to this day
to make an appearance; to show up
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
(not so) much; (not) very
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
if one is unlucky; if one is careless