to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
contradiction; inconsistency
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
business world; business circles; (the) industry
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
man; male; masculine gender
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
female high school student
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
then; well; so; well then
step; stride; counter for steps
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still