I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
unexpected meeting; coincidence
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
one by one; one at a time; in turn
servant; manservant; menial
competent; suitable; qualified
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
(with a) start; fright; alarm
writing; composition; essay; sentence
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
conquest; domination; mastery
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign