letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
workshop; studio; atelier
to look around; to survey
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
such; like that; that sort of
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
how; in what way; by what means