or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to pass (of time); to elapse
polish; improvement; burnishing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
new student; freshman; first-year student
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to happen to pass by; to pass by
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
prejudice; bias; distorted view
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee