I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
orphan; person without friends
to pry; to prize; to prise
father; dad; husband; you; he
family; members of a family
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
same crime; being equally guilty
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
that day; the very same day
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square