off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease
to discuss; to talk together
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to be worn down; to be reduced
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
several times; several degrees
true character; real nature
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to crack; to develop a crack
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce