promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
job hunting; job searching
to employ; to hire; to charter
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
in swarms; in great crowds
to gather; to collect; to assemble
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
complicity (in a crime); collusion
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
number one; first; best; most; game; round
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when