now that; since; so long as; because
technically accomplished; technical; polished
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
comparatively; relatively
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
living room (Western style); sitting room
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in