splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
with a start; with a jump
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
looking pale; looking unwell
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
very interesting; of great interest
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
reading partway; leaving half-read
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to finish reading; to read through
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
understood; I see; OK; present; here
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to talk; to chat; to chatter
instant; moment; for an instant
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
both hands; both arms; ten
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
such; like that; that sort of; very
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)