to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
one by one; one each; one at a time
perception; sensing; noticing
massing (of troops); gathering
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
the one thing that is well-remembered
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to become inverted; to become reversed
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
because; for; the reason why is ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
choices; alternatives; options
to be in danger of; to be liable to
long ago; already; a long time ago
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
protracted war; war of attrition
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to apologize; to apologise