discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
clearing one's throat; cough
to come to one's senses; to calm down
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
time; hour; period; class
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in person; personally; directly
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
adopted parents; temporarily assumed parents
to grant someone's request
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
for the first time in one's life
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms