today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
morning soap opera; morning television serial
serious; not joking; straight
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be worried; to be troubled
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
simply; merely; only; solely
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
loveable; very likeable; like very much
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to feel; to sense; to experience
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed