component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
to tear off; to strip; to rob
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
more than usual; especially; particularly
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)