to be able (to); to be possible (to)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
if it is the case that ...
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
troupe; theatrical company
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
author; writer; novelist; artist
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to be silent; to say nothing
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to