recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
don't you think?; indicates question
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
student (esp. a university student)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
woman; female; feminine gender
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
several times; once or twice
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
junior high school student; middle school pupil
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
rather; sooner; preferably
at once; immediately; right now
reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to look forward to something