smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
polish; improvement; burnishing
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
having said that; on the other hand
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to stare back at; to look back at
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
not yet known; unknown; strange
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
too much; excessively; too
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
expression; look; countenance; face
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover