movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
with a start; with a jump
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
proposal; proposition; suggestion
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
(one's) younger brother; foolish younger brother
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
just one person; only one
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
popular name; common name; given name
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
big man; large man; tall man; giant
General Staff Headquarters
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
(social) class; rank; grade
leader; authority; mainstay
heir; inheritor; successor
interior; inside; internal