to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
dozens; scores of; decades
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
keeping things tidy and in order
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
senior; elder; person older than oneself
at the window; by the window; next to the window
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
rampage; ruckus; bout of wild behavior
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
this and that; one thing or another
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
one house; the same house
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
city police; municipal police
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to pretend; to act (as if)
to talk; to carry meaning
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)