busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
really; very; extremely; terribly; awfully
interruption; suspension; break
distress; wretched condition
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
things depend on how you look at them
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
in the end; on top of that
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
trial product; prototype model
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
cache; place to hide something
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
absorption; suction; attraction