nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to stiffen; to become stiff
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
face; looks; vestiges; trace
anything and everything; just about everything
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
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)
with these words; while saying
one by one; one each; one at a time
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
to set (sun); to become dark
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
it is not (like that) either
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
because of; owing to; due to
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
nothing but; none other than
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
take the opportunity to (do something else)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another