hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
don't worry about it; forget about it
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(period of) a year; during an era
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
instant; moment; for an instant
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
a little; a bit; slightly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
and yet; though; when; in spite of
in comparison to; rather than
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
all; entire; whole; altogether
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken