posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
conviction; belief; confidence
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
those (near the second person)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
again; once more; a second time
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
fair and square; open and aboveboard
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness