with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
but; however; provided that
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
until now; so far; up to the present
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
time; hour; period; class
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
forcibly; against one's will
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dragging (with a cursor); drag (wearing female clothing)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
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)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
automatic; intransitive verb
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model