or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to approach; to draw near
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
empirical; from experience
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
something like ...; something called ...
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
man who is popular with women
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
serious; not joking; straight
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
patterns of thinking; train of thought
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
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)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt