personal (employee); employed; retained
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
story; tale; talk; discussion
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
now that you say that; now that you mention it
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
wherein; therein; thereinto
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
dinner (esp. a formal one)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
Brugg (Switzerland); Bruk (Arab Union)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
oviparity; produced from eggs
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial