laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
number; number plate; license plate
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
the other day; a few days ago
number of persons; personnel
nervousness; oversensitivity
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
corridor; hallway; passageway
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
company; corporation; workplace
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
consequence; outcome; result; blame
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
and; thereupon; because of that
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
several years; a few years