one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
tedious; boring; being fed up with
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
even though; despite; notwithstanding
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
strategy meeting; council of war
attendance; presence; appearance
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
by today; before the day is over
to kill by burning to death
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
message (delivered by the US president or a state governor); address; (papal) bull; decree; textbook
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
via; through; by doing; by means of; using