to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
trauma (usu. psychological)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
personality; character; individuality; personhood
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
distinction; differentiation; classification
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
naturally; of course; understandably
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
several times; several degrees
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
eye measurement; measure with eye
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
nine times; twisting around many times
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment