pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to take a breath; to take a short rest
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to be dispersed; to get separated
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
choices; alternatives; options
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
meaning; significance; sense
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to discuss; to talk together
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
regret; repentance; remorse
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
anything and everything; just about everything
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged