cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
long time; long interval; for quite some time
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
you could say; you might say; verging on the
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
be (that) as it may; having said that
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
natural; intrinsic; from birth
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
to rock; to shake; to swing
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
traditional; conventional
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally