perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
alone; by oneself; on one's own
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
preference; priority; precedence
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
boy; son; baby boy; young man
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
physical condition; state of health
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to apologize; to apologise
advance; moving forward; progress
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)