diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
critical moment; do-or-die situation
one's person; around one's person
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to talk; to chat; to chatter
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
very much; very many; more and more
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
prickling; stinging; tingling
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to lose sight of; to miss
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
speech; expression; wording; language
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame