to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
place; room; margin; scope
race (of people); type of person
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to fly around; to scatter
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
process; course; mechanism
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error