speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
in spite of; regardless of
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
memories; recollections; reminiscence
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
take care; take good care of yourself
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
to take command; to give direction
capable of anything; liable to do
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
discovery; detection; finding
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority