long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
as a child; when one was a child
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
treating someone like a child
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
menial; meanness; servility; abject
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
(United States of) America; USA; US
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull