mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
time; hour; period; class
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line