to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
shopping; purchased goods
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
to be forward; to be impertinent
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
to pause; to have a short intermission
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
preprocessing; pretreatment
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
matter causing distress; something causing worry