to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
riskiness; (level of) danger
to be transparent; to show through
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
sympathy; empathy; response
besides; in addition; also; moreover
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
bad influence; negative influence
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around