diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to read the situation; to sense the mood
dispersing; breaking up; running away
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
right side; right-hand side
half the body; half length
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
preference; priority; precedence
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
for more details ...; for further information ...
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
very much; exceedingly; extremely
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert