to soothe; to calm; to pacify
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
adviser; advisor; consultant
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
attendance; presence; appearance
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
question; inquiry; enquiry
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
withdrawal from a group; resignation; secession; unsubscribing (mailing list, etc.)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
variety show (e.g. on TV)
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
breathing of a sleeping person
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
rose apple (Syzygium jambos); Malabar plum; jambos
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to finger; to tamper (with)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
imposing stance; daunting pose
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy