advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
direct control; direct supervision
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
dear me; I mean; or rather
it hasn't been long since
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
schedule; program; calendar
average; ordinary; normal
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
as necessary; if necessary; as the need arises; as occasion demands; where appropriate
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
physical condition; state of health; shape
(one's) best condition; top form
dormancy; quiescence; diapause
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
falling asleep; sleep onset
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
change of job; change of occupation; career change
to begin to walk; to set out
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound