welcome!; nice to see you!
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
production (e.g. play); direction
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
originally; by nature; from the start
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
viewer; (television) audience
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
independence; self-reliance
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
managing director; president of a company (US)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
such ... as; or some such
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
store interior; inside of a shop