in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
at work; in the midst of work; working
besides; in addition; also; moreover
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
myself; yourself; I; me; you
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that