to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
cooperation; collaboration
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
uncontrollable; irrepressible
individual; private person; personal; private
to lay aside; to set aside
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
royal capital; imperial capital
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
optimism; taking an optimistic view
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
in the end; on top of that
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
when it becomes; when it comes to
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in