interval; break; pause; spare moment
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
nothing but; none other than
to repeat; to do something over again
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
declaration; proclamation; announcement
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to squeeze out; to wring out
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
together; at the same time; same; identical
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
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
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
general mobilization; general mobilisation
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
serious; not joking; straight
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off