mystery; mysteriousness; secret
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
library (usu. single-room); small library
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
coherence; order; focus; point
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to fall on one's backside
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual