steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
already; now; no longer; not any more
change of occupation; career change
pale; pallid; bluish-white
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
study; research; investigation
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
license; permit; licence; certificate
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
future prospects; promise
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
secret base; hideout; hidden position
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)