acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
discovery; detection; finding
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
conversely; on the contrary
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
do this, do that; dos and don'ts
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
with a gulp (e.g. drinking alcohol); in a single gulp; with glug
final; eventual; ultimate
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
crash; smash; crunch; bang
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
intimacy; affection; familiarity
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
job; work; duties; trade; skill
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
blunder; slip; error; error
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
many; numerous; various; large number of