contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
manner of using one's hands
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
control; management; supervision
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
police investigator; investigator
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to gather; to collect; to assemble
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
already; now; no longer; not any more
funny story; funny anecdote
future (usually near); prospects
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
indeed; really; truly; very much
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed