quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
healthy; sound; wholesome
pointing out; identification
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be sacked; to be dismissed
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
birth; creation; formation
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
talking while standing; standing around talking
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
sovereign; ruler; head of state
hereditary system; hereditary succession
election; selection; choice
exemplar; model; example; pattern