oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
of course; certainly; naturally
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
form; shape; figure; visage
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
settlement; solution; resolution
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan