slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
reopening; resumption; restarting
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
putting into operation; invocation
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
impossible; unlikely; improbable
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
infant; baby; little child
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to repeat; to do something over again
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
silence; stillness; quietness
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time