correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
want to ... do something; would like to ...
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
grip (of hand); grip strength
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
report; notification; registration
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
dozens; scores of; decades
seat at a table; place at a table
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
bento; Japanese box lunch