wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
expression; look; countenance; face
to some extent; to a certain extent
than; from; out of; except; but; more
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to swing late (at a ball)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
imagination; supposition; guess
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
comma; decimal point; radix point
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
reopening; resumption; restarting
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
successively; one after another
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
(not) a single person; (no) one
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)