gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
after school (at the end of the day)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
immediately; right away; on the spot
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
test period; exam period; examination time
and; thereupon; because of that
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth