gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
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
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
second day of the month; two days
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
for your information; I'm telling you
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously