calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
sorry; excuse me; thank you
maid; helper; help; assistance
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
indeed; really; truly; very much
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
such; this sort of; like this
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect