continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
being too late; losing one's final chance
even if; even though; however; no matter how
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
not yet known; unknown; strange
to be attacked by a disease
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
probability; likelihood; chances
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
on the occasion of; at the time of
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
light; right; right field; right fielder
it is not (like that) either
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
reaction; response; reaction
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk