floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
moment; instant; short amount of time
incident; affair; happening; event
that; the matter in question
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
while; during (the time when)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
on the occasion of; at the time of
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service