thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
first meeting; first interview with
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
seventh day of the month; seven days
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
third day of the month; three days
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
the way back; the way home; return trip
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
innumerable; countless; numberless
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)