to stop walking; to pause
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
sincere; earnest; serious
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump up and down; to hop
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
go that far; to that extent
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to press a question; to cross-examine
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
loved one; lover; sweetheart
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
such ... as; or some such
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to be perturbed; to be agitated