scale; scope; plan; structure
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to take off one's glasses
speech; expression; wording; language
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
senior; elder; person older than oneself
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
pleasant feeling; good vibes
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
(period of) a year; during an era
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing