temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
manners; behavior; behaviour
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to mellow; to become softened by maturity
to say; to tell; to state; to do
end; close; finish; termination
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
thereupon; therefore; because of that
to lay aside; to set aside
to get narrower; to contract
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very