staying in the air; remaining airborne
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to crouch; to squat; to cower
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are
recovery; undoing; recall
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
for your information; I'm telling you
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
watering hole; watering place
to increase (all the more)
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
while moving; on the move
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to break the silence; to break one's silence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)