recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
day after day; day by day
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
for example; for instance; e.g.
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
such; this sort of; like this
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
reaction; response; reaction
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
rest; break; recess; intermission
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
go that far; to that extent