to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
escaped prisoner; fugitive
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
discovery; detection; finding
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
police; police officer; police station
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
I see; that's right; indeed
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself