to twist; to twirl; to fiddle around with; to play with; to rack one's brains
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
how; in what way; how about
to discuss; to talk together
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
charm; incantation; spell; curse
only; merely; but; no more than
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
middle of the night; dead of night
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
family; members of a family
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
yearned for; longed for; missed
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
now; soon; already; yet; further; more