zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
overanxiety; needless worry
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
how long; how far; how much
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point