little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
such ... as; or some such
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
several years; a few years
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
study; research; investigation
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
pale; pallid; bluish-white
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
light; right; right field; right fielder
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
button (clothing); push-button
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe