going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
bringing; taking; carrying
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
hairline at the nape of the neck; nape
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
covering (from enemy attack); protection
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
just past noon; afternoon
grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
to be consistent; to be coherent
to kill; to beat to death
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
several years; a few years
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient