welcome!; nice to see you!
materials; data; document
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
machine parts; machinery; equipment
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
many; much; plenty; hardly
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
height (of body); stature
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
first meeting; first interview with
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
real intention; true motive; true meaning
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
several times; once or twice
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares