air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
scene; spectacle; sight; view
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
being dotted with; being scattered
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
well-known; noted; celebrated
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to face; to go towards; to head towards
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
resignation; acceptance; consolation
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation