rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
personal aeroplane; personal airplane
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
inner structure; internal anatomy
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
value; worth; virtue; blessing
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
data collection; data acquisition
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
serious look (on one's face); straight face
investigation; research; looking something up
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to ask a question; to ask questions
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
it's been a long time; long time no see
floor above; floor upstairs
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
class; heading; group; category
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly