to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to look away; to turn away
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
even though; despite; when
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
all night; throughout the night
account book; register; ledger
change of course (ship); steering in a different direction
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to go along; to walk along; to follow
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
it seems so; that's what it looks like
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to apologize; to apologise
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
imprudent (misguided) fellow
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)