expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
application problem; exercises
to hand over; to surrender
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to guarantee (someone's ability or the quality of their work); to vouch for; to endorse
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
zapping (through TV channels); channel surfing
preparation; provision; guarding
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
evening; night; nighttime
bedside; near one's pillow
life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
god of death; death deity; Death
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
borrowing without returning
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
Felis (genus containing the domestic cat)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
to set (sun); to become dark
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week