nodding off (while sitting); dozing
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
complete works; complete collection; complete series
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
level; standard; water level
about the middle (of an era); middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to speak ill of; to disparage
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
member; regular member; active member
expulsion; excommunication
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
government service; the bureaucracy