to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to skip over (while reading); to skim
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
knowing; (an) acquaintance
elementary; basic; rudimentary
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
duty; function; office; mission; task
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
with a bang (clash, bump)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
with a clink (click, clack)
clearing one's throat; cough
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
it is I who should say so
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
particularly; only; in the case of
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)