to step back; to walk backwards
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to relax; to feel at home
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
smoothly; easily; readily
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to continue to do; to persist in doing
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
pointing out; identification
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
leopard (Panthera pardus)
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection