to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
company; corporation; workplace
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
a little bit; a little while
fast-talking; rapid talking
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to say no more; to sink into silence
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
two (long cylindrical things)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to boil water; to get the bath ready
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
future prospects; promise
impossible; unlikely; improbable
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to disperse; to chase away; to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list
how; in what way; how about
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to ask; to enquire; to query
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month