scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
if you think about it; come to think of it
to gather; to collect; to assemble
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to hang (something) on the wall
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
time; hour; period; class
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
door; gate; opening; title page
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to have an eye on; to zero in on
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
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...
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in