equipment; device; installation; stage setting
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
to run around; to bustle about
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to leave (a scene); to step away
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
notice; attention; observation
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
talk; story; conversation
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
hundred points; perfect mark