very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
surely; certainly; without doubt
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
speech; expression; wording; language
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to talk; to chat; to chatter
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to refer to; to use as reference
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
so-and-so; who?; which people?
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to attempt; to test; to try out
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
gender; distinction of sex; sex
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
plural; multiple; several
declaration; proclamation; mention
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
convenient; handy; useful
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish