activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
distant look; faraway look
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
curious; strange; unusual
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
chair; stool; post; office; position
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
please; somehow or other; one way or another
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to succeed; to bear fruit
relatively; comparatively
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to slide out; to glide out; to slip out
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head