company; corporation; workplace
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
really; truly; indeed; good grief
imagination; supposition; guess
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
until now; so far; up to the present