reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
while; even though; despite
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
foreign; abroad; overseas
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
original story; original version; this volume
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
after that; afterwards; thereafter
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
same; similar; (just) like; equal
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
summer vacation; summer holiday
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
decision; settlement; definition
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can