terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
book; volume; this; present; main; head
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
minimum; at the very least
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
without; but if; otherwise; or else
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to grumble; to make difficulties
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
now that you say that; now that you mention it
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
for example; for instance; e.g.
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to enjoy a good drink (esp. celebrating victory)