(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
interference; meddling; butting in
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
heir; inheritor; successor
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that