tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to shout (in anger); to yell
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to prevent; to take precautions
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
some people; a few people; several people
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
memories; recollections; reminiscence
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to make a lasting impression
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
correction; revision; amendment
difficult to ...; hard to ...