supply; provision; raising; procurement
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
intelligence gathering; information gathering
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
document; official papers
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
along the river; riverside
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
deadly serious; deadly earnest
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
just one person; only one
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear