adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to drop; to let fall; to omit
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
master; teacher; stable master
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to go out and away; to leave
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
never mind!; don't worry about it
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
in the meanwhile; during the time
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
silence (not speaking); muteness
to watch over; to watch attentively