unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
failure; mistake; blunder
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
(some) more; even more; longer; further
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
for example; for instance; e.g.
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
feeling; sense; impression
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
it is I who should say so
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.