how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
for example; for instance; e.g.
I see; that's right; indeed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
near oneself; close to one; familiar
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
company president; manager; director
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy