soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
section manager; section chief
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to affect; to impact; to influence
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
to take measures; to take steps; to take action; to make a move
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
individual; one by one; separate; each
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
looking back (at the past); looking around; surveying
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene