solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
in that way; thus; so; so?
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be surprised; to be astonished
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
together; at the same time; same; identical
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
nature; property; disposition
offender; criminal; culprit
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to summon courage; to be brave
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)