sorry; excuse me; thank you
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
lost article; something forgotten
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay