confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to be profitable; to yield a profit
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
feeling; sense; impression
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to boost; to force up; to push up
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
miser; cheapskate; scrooge
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active