(small) stone; rock; pebble
to correct oneself; to restate
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
specimen; sample; object to be examined
all times and places; all ages and countries
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
useful thing; usable article; present; gift
a great variety of; diversity
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
contest (of strength or skill)
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
investigation; research; looking something up
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to change completely; to change suddenly
someone; a certain person
retort; back talk; backchat
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability
emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up