to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
great laughter; burst of laughter
stretch (of a material); stretch material; stretch (exercise); stretching; stretch; straight (course)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to stop walking; to pause
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
frequency (of occurrence)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once
to complain; to make a complaint
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
pride; boast; credit (to)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
feelings; thoughts; meaning
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to put one's strength into
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
control; check; restraint; inhibition