and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
considerably; greatly; a lot
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
absorption; suction; attraction
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
accumulation; accumulate; store
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
use; utilization; utilisation; application
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
while; during; while; although; all; both
eating; bite (in fishing)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted