silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
end; close; conclusion; termination
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to try to do; to attempt to do
to live; to make a living; to get on with
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
two times; twice; two degrees
unrequited love; one-sided love
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
library (usu. single-room); small library
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
just friends; no romantic interest; (lit.) no pulse
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
inspection; examination; survey
various places; several sources
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
comparatively; relatively