to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
suddenly; all of a sudden
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
stochastic; probabilistic
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
deed; act; work; performance
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
founder of a religious sect
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...