various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
future (usually near); prospects
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
long time; long interval; for quite some time
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
living together (with one more person)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
of course; certainly; naturally
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
article; thing; object; property; real estate
to be found; to be discovered
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
connection; link; relationship
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
contract; compact; agreement
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)