production (e.g. play); direction
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
loveable; very likeable; like very much
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
way (of doing); manner; method; means
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(not) even once; (not) ever
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
number one; first; best; most; game; round
as a child; when one was a child
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound