yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
anchor (of a ship); last runner or swimmer in a relay team; news anchor; news presenter; anchor (clock component); pallet fork; anchor (HTML)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision