right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
master; teacher; stable master
filtration; filtering; percolation
centrifugation; centrifugal separation
centrifuge; centrifugal machine
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
severe; strict; tough; hard
old friend; old acquaintance
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
tough schedule; heavy schedule; hectic schedule; tight schedule
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to give the stamp of approval
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)