few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
secret or hidden place; female genitalia; the underworld; the other world
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to apologize; to apologise
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
suffix for familiar person
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise