question; inquiry; enquiry
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
of course; certainly; naturally
starting point; starting line
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
and then; and so; and; so then
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
something; some kind of; for some reason
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
coincident with; while; simultaneously
ability; capability; skill
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be needed; to be wanted
genuine article; real thing; real deal
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent