diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
one-by-one; separately; in detail
opposite side; opposition
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
personal; individual; private
serious; not joking; straight
trio; gang of three; threesome
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to go along; to walk along; to follow
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
way out; means to escape; escape route
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to become settled; to be fixed
appearance; expression; manifestation
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
important point; point to make note of
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
outside of; not covered by
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge