stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to be perturbed; to be agitated
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
disadvantageous; long (odds)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
however; having said that; but
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
having said that; be that as it may
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
labor; labour; toil; hardship
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
opposite side; opposition
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
crying in sympathy; infectious crying