now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be infected; to be contagious
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
in the meanwhile; during the time
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)