if you think about it; come to think of it
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
time; season; period; phase; stage
hard to get; hard to come by
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
while; during (the time when)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
squad leader; divisional officer
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb