force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
chair; stool; post; office; position
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
considerably; fairly; quite
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be reminded of; to call to mind
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to tighten; to press hard
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.