a few minutes later; after a few minutes
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
to be perturbed; to be agitated
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
trifling; trivial; slight
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to stay calm; to keep cool
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly