quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
with a start; with a jump
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
nervousness; oversensitivity
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
imprudent (misguided) fellow
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
immersion; being absorbed in
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
responsibility; duty; obligation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
dealing with; coping with
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
as a child; when one was a child
dispute; argument; contention