to ascertain; to check; to make sure
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
free time; time at leisure
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
not necessarily so; is not always true
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to rock; to shake; to swing
even if not; even without
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
quarrel; dispute; argument
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
wetting; love affair; lover