publisher; publishing house; publishing company
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
beginning; outset; first; onset
management; administration; operation
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
going through; going via; going by way of
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
honorific/polite/humble prefix
invitation; introduction; temptation
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
genuine article; real thing; real deal
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
while; during; while; although; all; both
several minutes; a few minutes
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
of course; certainly; naturally
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that day; the very same day
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
library; book collection; paperback book
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
on and after; from ... onward; since
every month; each month; monthly
like; similar to; as with; in the same way