looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
caller; visitor; company; guest
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
accurate; correct; precise; exact
simply; merely; only; solely
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...