bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
freely; frankly; without reserve
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
many; a lot; much; multitude
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
youthful; young; young-looking
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
annual (plant); first-year student
composite; combined; complex
to backfire; to have a harmful result
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
no need to guess; certainly
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
finished product; finished goods; completed article
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
somehow; somewhat; seemingly