so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
difficult to ...; hard to ...
older sister; elder sister
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
although I say; although one might say; although called
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
absorption; suction; attraction
final; eventual; ultimate
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be able to manage somehow or another
development; exploitation
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
sorry; excuse me; thank you
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
self-consciousness; self-awareness
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
electronic parts (components)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
quarrel; dispute; argument
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state